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The state executed Black after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined requests from attorneys, advocacy groups and even some ...
The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...
Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without ...
Byron Black is being executed despite his intellectual disabilities and a heart device that his attorneys said could cause a ...
Byron Black was executed the 1988 deaths of his girlfriend Angela Clay and her daughters, Latoya Clay, 9, and Lakeisha Clay, ...
Lawyers for Byron Black argued that executing him without deactivating the device would shock him back to life.
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.
Byron Black, 69, died by lethal injection despite an attempt by his lawyers to have his defibrillator deactivated before the ...
Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability, was executed by the state of Tennessee despite strong public ...
Byron Black, 69, was executed for the 1988 South Nashville murders of his ex-girlfriend Angela Clay and her two daughters ...
After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.
Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black on Tuesday for the 1988 murders of a woman and her two young daughters, despite ...