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

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

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

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

The execution did not happen without controversy, with months of court hearings surrounding Black’s internal heart ...

Tennessee executed Byron Black on August 5, 2025. Despite there being strong objections from his attorneys, disability ...