The state executed Black after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined requests from attorneys, advocacy groups and even some Republicans to intervene.

Tennessee executed death row inmate Byron Black on Tuesday despite raised concerns about his implanted heart device, which ...

Byron Black, convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters, said he was “hurting so bad” while he was given ...

A Tennessee death row inmate cried out in pain after authorities refused to deactivate his implanted defibrillator as he was ...

Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability, was executed by the state of Tennessee despite strong public ...

Tennessee executed Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability and a live heart implant, despite ...

Lawyers for Byron Black argued that executing him without deactivating the device would shock him back to life.