Black was a man of undisputed intellectual disability, with multiple mental and physical health problems, who faced the ...

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

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

Tennessee executed Byron Black, a 69-year-old man with an intellectual disability and a live heart implant, despite ...

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

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.

The state of Tennessee on Aug. 5 executed death row inmate Byron Black despite concerns from medical experts over his implanted heart device.