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Court rules TN death row inmate can be executed without deactivating defibrillator
In the latest ruling, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that Black can be executed without the defibrillator being ...
TN Supreme Court rules death row inmate can be executed without turning off his defibrillator
Byron Black asked the courts to deactivate his implanted defibrillator ahead of his execution, which is set for Tuesday. The ...
Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator, court rules
Tennessee's high court has ruled that a death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator.
Tennessee death row inmate requests Supreme Court review, postponement of execution date
Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, has filed a petition for writ of certiorari, or a higher court review, with the ...
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 ...
Hospital says it never agreed to deactivate inmate’s heart device before execution
A Tennessee hospital says it never agreed to a request by state officials who face a court order to turn off a death row ...
State Supreme Court says Tennessee can execute inmate without deactivating heart device
Tennessee can execute Byron Black on Aug. 5 without having to first deactivate his heart device, the Tennessee Supreme Court ...
Death row inmate Byron Black submit request for stay of execution ahead of next week's execution
Attorneys for death row inmate Byron Black are asking the Supreme Court to step in as questions loom about his intellectual ...
Nashville Hospital denial sparks new legal twist in death row implant dispute
Attorneys for Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, have filed a request with the state Supreme Court to deny a request ...