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The state executed Black after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined requests from attorneys, advocacy groups and even some Republicans to intervene.
Byron Black is being executed despite his intellectual disabilities and a heart device that his attorneys said could cause a ...
Tennessee executed death row inmate Byron Black on Tuesday despite raised concerns about his implanted heart device, which ...
After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.
Byron Black's implanted defibrillator did not shock him during his lethal injection by the state of Tennessee Aug. 5, ...
Black’s US lawyers raised concerns that his heart implant could shock him back to life, leading to undue suffering.
Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black without deactivating his defibrillator, raising concerns about potential shocks during ...
Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...
Tennessee executed Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability and a live heart implant, despite ...
Black was a man of undisputed intellectual disability, with multiple mental and physical health problems, who faced the ...
Convicted triple-murderer Byron Black might elude his scheduled execution on Tuesday morning due to a recently claimed ...
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 ...