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

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

Byron Black, an inmate on death row for 35 years, was executed in Tennessee while his defibrillator was still activated. The ...

Black was a man of undisputed intellectual disability, with multiple mental and physical health problems, who faced the ...

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

Black, 69, was killed by lethal injection in Tennessee for the murder of his girlfriend and her two daughters.

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

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

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

A Tennessee inmate said he was “hurting badly” after his lethal injection began. Before the execution, his defibrillator wasn ...