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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Byron Black, 69, died by lethal injection despite an attempt by his lawyers to have his defibrillator deactivated before the ...

Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black without deactivating his defibrillator, raising concerns about potential shocks during the lethal injection.

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