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

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

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

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

Tennessee executed Byron Black on August 5, 2025. Despite there being strong objections from his attorneys, disability advocates, and medical experts, his implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) ...

Byron Black, a death row inmate with dementia and multiple organ failure, was executed by lethal injection despite having an ...

Byron Lewis Black, convicted for the 1988 shooting death of his girlfriend and her two young children, was executed in ...

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