The state executed Black after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined requests from attorneys, advocacy groups and even some ...

AP journalist Jonathan Mattise explains what made the execution of Byron Black in Tennessee different from other lethal ...

Byron Black was executed after a back-and-forth in court over whether officials would need to turn off his implantable ...

Tennessee executed death row inmate Byron Black on Tuesday despite raised concerns about his implanted heart device, which ...

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

Black will become the 28th inmate put to death in the United States this year, a 10-year high, with at least nine more ...

Tennessee will move forward with the execution of death row inmate Byron Black at 10 a.m. Aug. 5 after both Gov. Bill Lee and ...

Convicted triple-murderer Byron Black might elude his scheduled execution on Tuesday morning due to a recently claimed ...

The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...

The state executed Black after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined requests from attorneys, advocacy groups and even some Republicans to intervene.

Black’s US lawyers raised concerns that his heart implant could shock him back to life, leading to undue suffering.

Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the ...