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Byron Black noted intense pain during his lethal injection death earlier this week, with some wondering if it was because his ...
The state executed Black after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined requests from attorneys, advocacy groups and even some ...
After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.
Byron Black, 69, was executed for the 1988 South Nashville murders of his ex-girlfriend Angela Clay and her two daughters Latoya, 9, and Lakeisha, 6.
Black’s US lawyers raised concerns that his heart implant could shock him back to life, leading to undue suffering.
Lawyers for Byron Black, found guilty of three murders, had argued that an execution may be more painful because of his heart ...
Byron Black is being executed despite his intellectual disabilities and a heart device that his attorneys said could cause a ...
An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite ...
The jury in his trial concluded that he had been in a jealous rage when he shot them because he thought Clay, whom he had ...
The attorney for a Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week says his implanted ...
Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...