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His victim was Paula Dyer. She was only 7 years old when he did heinous acts in 1985. He was sentenced to Death in 1986. Local news reporter, Brittany Tarwater from WVLT-tv news, was an eye witness to the execution itself. She said he didn't appear to suffer. He was asked for any last words. Apparently, he declined. He, then, changed his mind and said he was sorry. Then, he fell asleep. They gave him the 2nd shot and to stop his heart and respiratory system. She said he gave a small gasp (sort of like someone with sleep apnea) and then he died. Sotomayor is wrong. No pain. No suffering. She's an idiot. In TN, if execution by meds is unavailable or outlawed by Feds, we can use the electric chair (we still have one). If not the electric chair, it's legal to have a firing squad. In Irick's case, I would have volunteered to be on the firing squad. The downside in TN is we no longer execute the prisoner after a couple of years. They linger there costing taxpayers MILLIONS for up to 30 or 40 years...some have died of natural causes after that length of time. The libs correctly point out it costs more to warehouse a death row inmate than a regular inmate for life because of the appeals process. They conclude it would make sense to abolish the death penalty. Personally, I conclude we should go back to executions after 1 or 2 years like the old days.