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Attorneys seek to halt Byron Black's execution after overturned defibrillator ruling

Attorneys for Byron Black have filed a motion with the state Supreme Court seeking a stay, following a ruling that now permits his execution with his implant.

Victims' family waits for outcome in Nashville death penalty case: 'God has a plan’

After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.
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Tennessee Supreme Court Urged to Grant Stay in Byron Black’s Execution

Attorneys for Byron Black, a 66-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, have filed a motion for a stay of his execution due to ...

Tennessee death row inmate with pacemaker can be executed despite likelihood heart device will prolong suffering: court

Defenders say Tennessee inmate is intellectually disabled and wouldn’t be on death row under modern legal standards ...

Disabled Tennessee death row inmate asks US Supreme Court to stay execution

A death row inmate who suffers from dementia, brain damage and heart failure has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme court.
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Tenn. Supreme Court: Byron Black can be executed with ICD still activated

Tennessee resumed state executions earlier this year. But Byron Black, a death row inmate who is scheduled to die next Tuesday, has a list of potential complications.

Death Row Inmate’s Attorneys Say Heart Implant Will Repeatedly Shock Him as He’s Executed

Attorneys for a death row inmate in Tennessee who’s scheduled to be executed Aug. 5 warn that his implanted heart device will ...

Tennessee inmate Byron Black selects last meal ahead of execution

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Tennessee inmate on death row has selected his last meal ahead of his execution scheduled for ...