An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was in serious pain after the lethal ...

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

The execution did not happen without controversy, with months of court hearings surrounding Black’s internal heart ...

AP journalist Jonathan Mattise explains what made the execution of Byron Black in Tennessee different from other lethal ...

Tuesday morning at Riverbend Prison, the state Department of Correction executed Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black. This ...

Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black without deactivating his defibrillator, raising concerns about potential shocks during the lethal injection.

The World Meteorological Organization certified the record observed with advanced satellite technology from the National ...

Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during the lethal injection, but the state killed him without ...

The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...

Twenty-eight men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and nine other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven states during the remainder of 2025.