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

The death row inmate's attorney argued that his implanted heart device should be removed before the execution.

Byron Black, 69, was killed by lethal injection for the deaths of Angela Clay, 29, and her daughters, Latoya, nine, and ...

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

Lawyers for Byron Black, who was convicted of a triple homicide, argued that executing him without deactivating the device would shock him back to life.

The death-row inmate was confined to a wheelchair and suffered from dementia and congestive heart failure, the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center said.

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

Several Arkansas death row inmates sued the state Tuesday to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the measure gives prison officials unconstitutionally broad authority to decide ...