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Tennessee's high court has ruled that a death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator.
Tennessee Supreme Court allows execution of inmate with heart device, as legal and ethical issues are considered.
Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, has filed a petition for writ of certiorari, or a higher court review, with the ...
A lower court had acknowledged that Byron Black’s implanted combination pacemaker-defibrillator could prolong his suffering by shocking his heart after lethal injection.
After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.
Attorneys for Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, have filed a request with the state Supreme Court to deny a request ...