Byron Black, a 68-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, has filed a petition with the Tennessee Supreme Court to halt his ...

Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Four other people are scheduled to be put to death in three states during the remainder of 2025.

Black, 68, was sentenced to death after his convictions for the 1988 murders of his girlfriend, Angela Clay, 29, and her two daughters, Latoya Clay, 9, and Lakeisha Clay, 6, in Nashville.

The office of Kelley Henry, a federal defender representing death row prisoners in Tennessee, has formally requested that Gov. Bill Lee pause executions through March 1, 2026, pending a court ...

A death row inmate set to be executed later this year has asked the state Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling and consider whether he’s incompetent to be executed.