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

Defenders say Tennessee inmate is intellectually disabled and wouldn’t be on death row under modern legal standards ...

Tennessee's high court has ruled that a death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator.

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled on July 31 that Byron Black could be executed without deactivating his implanted ...

Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...

Tennessee carries out its second execution using a new protocol on a man with an active heart defibrillator in his chest. Before he died, he complained to have terrible pain.

A death row inmate who suffers from dementia, brain damage and heart failure has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme court.

Byron Black is scheduled to be given a lethal injection after a legal battle about whether a working defibrillator in his chest would cause him pain.

Convicted murderer Byron Black was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday, Aug. 5, in what experts believe is the first ...

Tennessee executed Byron Black on August 5, 2025. Despite there being strong objections from his attorneys, disability ...