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Tennessee death row inmate Edmund Zagorski asks court to stop electrocution
By newschannel9.com
Published: 10/29/2018

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee inmate on death row is asking a federal court to stop his execution, which is scheduled for Thursday.

Edmund Zagorski has chosen electrocution over lethal injection. In a complaint filed on Friday, Zagorski's attorneys argue it was unconstitutional to force him to decide between two gruesome and painful forms of death.

"Tennessee has coerced Edmund Zagorski to choose a cruel and unusual method of punishment by threatening him with torture," it reads.

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