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Tennessee is gearing up for an execution that experts say would likely mark the first time a man has been put to death with a ...
A first-of-its-kind legal battle before Byron Black’s execution centered on whether his implanted cardiac device would shock him during lethal injection.
Days after the execution, his attorney released a statement confirming that the implanted defibrillator did not shock Byron ...
Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...
The jury in his trial concluded that he had been in a jealous rage when he shot them because he thought Clay, whom he had ...
Byron Black's implanted defibrillator did not shock him during his lethal injection by the state of Tennessee Aug. 5, according to his attorney who said she evaluated data from the medical device.
A Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week was not shocked by his implanted defibrillator, his attorney said Friday.