Utah's criminal justice system, known for its unique execution methods, is back in focus following the arrest of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson in connection with the fatal shooting of ...

Byron Black was executed for murders he committed in 1988. Black had a defibrillator in his chest and the Tennessee State Supreme Court ruled last week that it could be carried out without the device ...

Byron Black noted intense pain during his lethal injection death earlier this week in Tennessee. He was executed after a back-and-forth in court over whether officials would need to disable his ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee officials must deactivate a death-row inmate's implanted heart-regulating device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his lethal injection, a judge ...

Tennessee executed Byron Black, 69, by lethal injection. Black was sentenced to death for the 1988 murders of his ex-girlfriend and her two daughters in South Nashville. His death was preceded by a ...