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Tennessee executes death row inmate without deactivating his heart device
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled on July 31 that Byron Black could be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, with the high court noting that requiring that the device be deactivated "amounted to a stay of execution, which is not within the lower court’s power," according to the Associated Press.
The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...
Byron Black is scheduled to be given a lethal injection after a legal battle about whether a working defibrillator in his chest would cause him pain.
After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.
Byron Black told his attorney he didn't plan to say last words because he has "always been shy." He left with her a message for his family instead.
Attorneys for Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, have filed a request with the state Supreme Court to deny a request ...
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