A Tennessee inmate said he was “hurting badly” after his lethal injection began. Before the execution, his defibrillator wasn ...

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

Tuesday morning at Riverbend Prison, the state Department of Correction executed Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black. This ...

Byron Black, 69, was executed Tuesday despite warnings that his defibrillator could cause pain. Witnesses say he cried out, ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled on July 31 that Byron Black could be executed without deactivating his implanted ...

Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without ...

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

Convicted murderer Byron Black was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday, Aug. 5, in what experts believe is the first execution of a death row inmate with a working heart-regulating device.

Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black moaned and said he was in pain during his execution, according to reporters who ...

Twenty-eight men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and nine other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven states during the remainder of 2025.