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Black’s US lawyers raised concerns that his heart implant could shock him back to life, leading to undue suffering.
Decades after sending him to death row, Nashville prosecutors admitted he shouldn’t be executed. Tennessee plans to kill him ...
Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black without deactivating his defibrillator, raising concerns about potential shocks during ...
The attorney for a Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week says his implanted ...
After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.
A leading expert and the state of Tennessee have acknowledged Byron Black's disability. Yet he is scheduled to be executed on August 5.
Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...
Tennessee executed Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability and a live heart implant, despite ...
Byron Black noted intense pain during his lethal injection death earlier this week, with some wondering if it was because his defibrillator wasn’t deactivated.
Byron Black, 69, was executed for the 1988 South Nashville murders of his ex-girlfriend Angela Clay and her two daughters ...
Byron Black is being executed despite his intellectual disabilities and a heart device that his attorneys said could cause a ...
Tennessee executed death row inmate Byron Black on Tuesday despite raised concerns about his implanted heart device, which ...