WebTennessee Billy Ray Irick (pictured) was tortured to death during his August 9, 2024 execution in Tennessee, according to one the nation’s leading anesthesiologists.
Tennessee’s Death Penalty Is a “Cruel Lottery” - The Intercept
WebFor example, in 2024, the state of Tennessee executed Billy Ray Irick using a lethal injection protocol that included the drug midazolam. This drug can cause extreme pain and suffering if not administered properly, and Irick’s execution was prolonged for several minutes as he gasped and struggled to breathe. WebNashville — Thirty-three years after he raped and killed a little Knoxville girl, Billy Ray Irick took his last, loud breaths in Tennessee’s execution chamber. And I watched. As a WBIR... optica fellow nomination
Tennessee to Restart Executions by Killing Man With Mental Illness
WebThe appellant, death-row inmate Billy Ray Irick, challenges the trial court’s order of August 20, 2010, finding that he is presently competent to be executed according to the standards enunciated in Panetti v. Quarterman, 551 U.S. 930 (2007), Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399 (1986), and Van Tran v. State, 6 S.W.3d 257 (Tenn. 1999). WebOver sharp dissents by justices of the U.S. and Tennessee Supreme Courts and lingering questions about the prisoner’s history of mental illness and the efficacy of the state’s lethal-injection protocol, Tennessee executed Billy Ray Irick (pictured) on August 9. He was the first person executed by the state since 2009. Justice Sonia Sotomayor described the … WebInmate Billy Ray Irick, 59, received a three-drug injection at a maximum-security prison in Nashville and was pronounced dead at 7:48 p.m., authorities said. He was convicted in 1986 in the... portillon badge