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

The execution of Byron Black raised questions for weeks over Tennessee’s death penalty law in connection with intellectual disability and potential suffering. In ...

Lawyers for Byron Black argued that executing him without deactivating the device would shock him back to life.

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

Nashville, Tenn. — Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty ...

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

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 ...

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