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Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Execution of Inmate with Heart Device Can Proceed
Tennessee Supreme Court allows execution of inmate with heart device, as legal and ethical issues are considered.
Execution of Tennessee inmate with heart device can go forward despite claims it may shock him
Lawyers for Byron Black, who is scheduled to be put to death this month, say his defibrillator may be unnecessarily triggered ...
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.
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Tennessee Supreme Court Urged to Grant Stay in Byron Black’s Execution
Attorneys for Byron Black, a 66-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, have filed a motion for a stay of his execution due to ...
Judge grants Nashville death row inmate's request to disable heart device before execution
A Chancery Court judge says the state must disconnect the heart defibrillator shortly before the inmate's August execution to ...
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.
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 ...
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 death row under modern legal standards ...
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 Governor Bill Lee.
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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 ...