Lawyers for Byron Black argued that executing him without deactivating the device would shock him back to life.

A Tennessee death row inmate cried out in pain after authorities refused to deactivate his implanted defibrillator as he was ...

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

The execution of Byron Black raised questions for weeks over Tennessee’s death penalty law in connection with intellectual disability and potential suffering. In ...

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

Nashville, Tenn. — Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty ...

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

Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability, was executed by the state of Tennessee despite strong public ...

Tennessee executed Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability and a live heart implant, despite ...

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

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