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Tennessee death row inmate with pacemaker can be executed despite likelihood heart device will prolong suffering: court
Tennessee death row inmate with pacemaker can be executed despite likelihood heart device will prolong suffering: court - Defenders say Tennessee inmate is intellectually disabled and wouldn’t be on d ...
Son of death row inmate joins protestors to deliver petition to Tennessee governor
The son of Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, is joining anti-death penalty protestors to deliver petitions to ...
Why we must confront the ugliness of capital punishment in Tennessee | Opinion
Ahead of Byron Black's execution on August 5, it's time to re-examine the horrors of capital punishment and Tennesseans' role ...
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Book author slams Tennessee's lethal injection drug choice for executions
Corinna Barrett Lain, author of “Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection,” is related to several ...
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 ...
Victims' family waits for outcome in Nashville death penalty case: 'God has a plan’
After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.