Weeks after choosing the electric chair over lethal
injection, a Tennessee death row inmate would be the second person in the state
to be executed that way in nearly six decades, reported CNN.
Edmund Zagorski, 63, was
sentenced to death for the 1984 murders of two men. His execution is scheduled
for Thursday at 7 p.m.
He requested electrocution on the eve of his original
execution date in early October because the state uses a controversial drug in
lethal injections.Zagorski's attorneys argued the lethal injection would make
him spend the last 10 to 18 minutes of his life in "utter terror and
agony" while the electric chair would only cause him "excruciating
pain for (likely) 15-30 seconds," court documents show.
Despite the
decision, Zagorski's attorneys said he was forced into a "terrible
choice," arguing that electrocution though "relatively fast" is
also "dreadful and grim."The legal battle over his execution
continues.
Zagorski's attorney, Paul Bottei, said he is still asking the US
Supreme Court on Wednesday to delay the execution.The nation's high court
declined to hear Zagorski's case in early October.
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