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Attorney says heart device did not shock Tennessee man in execution who said he was ‘hurting so bad’
The attorney for a Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week says his implanted ...
One Thing Made This Week’s Execution in Tennessee Particularly Horrific
The jury in his trial concluded that he had been in a jealous rage when he shot them because he thought Clay, whom he had ...
Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator 'did not shock him,' attorneys say
Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...
Tennessee Inmate Reported Intense Pain After Defibrillator Left On During Execution
Byron Black, convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters, said he was “hurting so bad” while he was given ...
Implanted defibrillator did not shock death row inmate during execution in TN, attorney says
Days after the execution, his attorney released a statement confirming that the implanted defibrillator did not shock Byron ...
Execution of Tennessee inmate with heart device can go forward despite claims it may shock him
Lawyers for Byron Black, who is scheduled to be put to death this month, say his defibrillator may be unnecessarily triggered ...
Prosecutors to pursue death penalty in quadruple murder of abandoned Tennessee baby’s family
Prosecutors plan to seek the execution of a man accused of shooting and killing four members of a family in rural Tennessee, ...
Tennessee contests disabling an inmate's heart device at a hospital on execution day
State attorneys in Tennessee say a judge’s order to take a death row inmate to the hospital on the morning of his execution ...
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Death Penalty: Lawyer explains TN execution law regarding intellectual disability and suffering
The execution of Byron Black raised questions for weeks over Tennessee’s death penalty law in connection with intellectual ...