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Black was a man of undisputed intellectual disability, with multiple mental and physical health problems, who faced the ...
Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without ...
After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.
A Tennessee inmate said he was “hurting badly” after his lethal injection began. Before the execution, his defibrillator wasn ...
Tennessee executed Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability and a live heart implant, despite ...
Tennessee executed death row inmate Byron Black on Tuesday despite raised concerns about his implanted heart device, which ...
Death row inmate Byron Black has been put to death for the 1988 murders of his girlfriend and her two young daughters ...
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled on July 31 that Byron Black could be executed without deactivating his implanted ...
Byron Black, 69, was executed Tuesday despite warnings that his defibrillator could cause pain. Witnesses say he cried out, ...
The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...