Byron Black is being executed despite his intellectual disabilities and a heart device that his attorneys said could cause a ...

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

Byron Black's execution marked the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest, experts ...

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

Byron Black told his attorney he didn't plan to say last words because he has "always been shy." He left with her a message for his family instead.

Byron Black, 69, was executed for the 1988 South Nashville murders of his ex-girlfriend Angela Clay and her two daughters Latoya, 9, and Lakeisha, 6.

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

A Nashville jury convicted Byron Black and sentenced him to death in 1989. Now more than 35 years later, he is set to be ...

The North Side safety-net hospital will likely close Friday as it's set to lose major federal health insurance payments ...

The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...