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Faith leaders seek to halt Byron Black's Tennessee execution

Convicted triple-murderer Byron Black might elude his scheduled execution on Tuesday morning due to a recently claimed ...

Attorneys seek to halt Byron Black's execution after overturned defibrillator ruling

Attorneys for Byron Black have filed a motion with the state Supreme Court seeking a stay, following a ruling that now ...

Prisoner can be executed without turning off pacemaker, Tennessee high court rules

A lower court had acknowledged that Byron Black’s implanted combination pacemaker-defibrillator could prolong his suffering by shocking his heart after lethal injection.

The many controversies surrounding the Byron Black execution

Tennessee resumed state executions earlier this year. But Byron Black, a death row inmate who is scheduled to die next ...

Nashville Hospital denial sparks new legal twist in death row implant dispute

Attorneys for Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, have filed a request with the state Supreme Court to deny a request ...

Advocates call for commuting execution of Tennessee man with dementia

Family members, service providers and advocates for people with disabilities Thursday called on Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee to stop ...