A lower court had ruled that Byron Black could not be executed while his cardiac implantable electronic device — which acts as a pacemaker and a defibrillator — was on, because it could deliver ...

A Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) official said in a court declaration Nashville General Hospital told her they could deactivate the device prior to Black’s execution, but on ...

A judge has ruled Tennessee can move forward with Byron Black's execution after a hospital claimed it never agreed to ...

In the latest ruling, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that Black can be executed without the defibrillator being ...

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

Tennessee resumed state executions earlier this year. But Byron Black, a death row inmate who is scheduled to die next Tuesday, has a list of potential complications.

Tennessee's high court has ruled that a death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator.

Attorneys for a death row inmate in Tennessee who’s scheduled to be executed Aug. 5 warn that his implanted heart device will ...

Tennessee can execute Byron Black on Aug. 5 without having to first deactivate his heart device, the Tennessee Supreme Court ...

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

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