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Black has a pacemaker-defibrillator, and his lawyers have argued for it to be deactivated prior to the execution.
Defenders say Tennessee inmate is intellectually disabled and wouldn’t be on death row under modern legal standards ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Tennessee inmate on death row has selected his last meal ahead of his execution scheduled for ...
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.
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's high court has ruled that a death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator.
A lower court had acknowledged that Byron Black’s implanted combination pacemaker-defibrillator could prolong his suffering by shocking his heart after lethal injection.
In the latest ruling, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that Black can be executed without the defibrillator being ...
Attorneys for a death row inmate in Tennessee who’s scheduled to be executed Aug. 5 warn that his implanted heart device will ...
Tennessee can execute Byron Black on Aug. 5 without having to first deactivate his heart device, the Tennessee Supreme Court ...
Tennessee high court rules death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee high court rules death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator. We take accuracy seriously and strive to earn your trust with fair ...