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Watch live: Witnesses to speak after execution of Bryon Black in Tennessee
After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.
Gov. Bill Lee declines to intervene in Byron Black execution
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 ...
Tennessee Is About to Execute Byron Black — Despite His Intellectual Disability
Decades after sending him to death row, Nashville prosecutors admitted he shouldn’t be executed. Tennessee plans to kill him ...
Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator
Tennessee is gearing up for an execution that experts say would likely mark the first time a man has been put to death with a ...
Byron Black to be first man executed with working defibrillator fitted - despite claims he could suffer
Black's lawyer says the execution could become a "grotesque spectacle" and he could be experiencing pain even if he looks ...
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Tennessee Moves Forward with Execution Despite Evidence of Intellectual Disability
Byron Black, a man convicted of murder 40 years ago, is scheduled to be executed on August 5, 2025, despite his documented ...
Protesters make final push to halt execution of Nashville murder convict Byron Black
With two days until the scheduled execution of Byron Black, convicted of murdering a Nashville mother and her two children, protesters aim to stop the sentence.
Victims' family waits for outcome in Nashville death penalty case: 'God has a plan’
After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.