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

After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.

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

A Tennessee inmate said he was “hurting badly” after his lethal injection began. Before the execution, his defibrillator wasn ...

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

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

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

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