Tennessee carries out its second execution using a new protocol on a man with an active heart defibrillator in his chest. Before he died, he complained to have terrible pain.

The attorney for a Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week says his implanted ...

Days after the execution, his attorney released a statement confirming that the implanted defibrillator did not shock Byron ...

Byron Black's implanted defibrillator did not shock him during his lethal injection by the state of Tennessee Aug. 5, ...

Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...

On August 5, 2025, the state of Tennessee executed prisoner Byron Black by intravenous injection of a large dose of ...

Black was a man of undisputed intellectual disability, with multiple mental and physical health problems, who faced the ...

The execution of Byron Black raised questions for weeks over Tennessee’s death penalty law in connection with intellectual ...

After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.

Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black without deactivating his defibrillator, raising concerns about potential shocks during ...

Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability, was executed by the state of Tennessee despite strong public ...

Lawyers for Byron Black argued that executing him without deactivating the device would shock him back to life.