Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without deactivating it
Steven Hale
Staff Writer
In March of 1988, Black shot his girlfriend and her two daughters; under today’s standard he would not be eligible for the death penalty
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