Byron Black, an inmate on death row for 35 years, was executed in Tennessee while his defibrillator was still activated. The ...

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

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

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

Byron Black, a death row inmate with dementia and multiple organ failure, was executed by lethal injection despite having an ...

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 ...

Convicted murderer Byron Black was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday, Aug. 5, in what experts believe is the first execution of a death row inmate with a working heart-regulating device.