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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 the potential for his implanted defibrillator to trigger a prolonged and gruesome death.

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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.

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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 permits his execution with his implant.

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Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator, court rules

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

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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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.

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