Judge makes the decision on Death Row's attempt to delay the execution

A judge in Tennessee decided on a Death Row attempt by inmates to delay his execution for a terrible crime he committed over three decades ago.

The 68-year-old Byron Black was brought to the death cell in 1989 after murdering his girlfriend Angela Clay and daughters Latoya and Lakeisha when he was published and wounded for an earlier crime in which he shot and wounded Angela's ex-husband.

Black was found to be guilty for all three cases of murder.

The occupants of the inmate argued that he has to be removed his implanted defibrillation device, similar to a pacemaker, before his execution, which is planned for August 5.

Black's legal team previously said that this has to be done immediately before the deadly injection, so that it does not affect its health in advance.

On Friday (July 17), a judge decided that Black's implanted defibrillation device must be deactivated before being executed in a few weeks.

It comes in the middle of the risk that the device could try to shock it as soon as a fatal injection is used.

The order means that the state only has to deactivate the device for a few moments

The decision does not affect the August date, which was set for Black's execution.

It still has to be detailed how the device is switched off, although the independent reports that Black's team has proposed to provide a doctor about the implant that should send a deactivation command.

After the news was broken, Kelley Henry, a lawyer from Black, said: “It is terrible to think that this frail old man is always shocked while the device is trying to restore the rhythm of his heart, even if the state works to kill it.

“Today's judgment refers to this tonidal result.”

The judge's decision was welcomed by Black's lawyer (Getty Stock Photo)

Black's lawyers question whether he is fit for execution and claims that he suffers from brain damage, has an IQ of 67 and was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

They had asked Tennessee's Supreme Court to apply for an lower dish to decide whether he is entitled to execute the execution, even though they refused to organize a hearing about whether it is incompetent to be executed.

It is believed that Black, who is now 69 years old, is in a wheelchair, while he also lives with dementia, kidney failure, heart failure and other medical problems, according to his lawyers.

He is to be carried out in the death cell next month after over 30 years.