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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was in serious pain after the lethal ...