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

Byron Black, an inmate on death row for 35 years, was executed in Tennessee while his defibrillator was still activated. The ...

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

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

Byron Black was executed after a back-and-forth in court over whether officials would need to turn off his implantable ...

Black will become the 28th inmate put to death in the United States this year, a 10-year high, with at least nine more ...

Tennessee will move forward with the execution of death row inmate Byron Black at 10 a.m. Aug. 5 after both Gov. Bill Lee and ...

Convicted triple-murderer Byron Black might elude his scheduled execution on Tuesday morning due to a recently claimed ...

Black’s US lawyers raised concerns that his heart implant could shock him back to life, leading to undue suffering.

The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...

Lawyers for Byron Black, found guilty of three murders, had argued that an execution may be more painful because of his heart ...

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the ...