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Byron Black to be first man executed with working defibrillator fitted - despite claims he could suffer
Black's lawyer says the execution could become a "grotesque spectacle" and he could be experiencing pain even if he looks ...
Protesters make final push to halt execution of Nashville murder convict Byron Black
With two days until the scheduled execution of Byron Black, convicted of murdering a Nashville mother and her two children, protesters aim to stop the sentence.
Victims' family waits for outcome in Nashville death penalty case: 'God has a plan’
After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.
Prisoner can be executed without turning off pacemaker, Tennessee high court rules
A death row prisoner in Tennessee can be executed despite having an implanted heart device that his lawyers say is likely to prolong his suffering, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a first-of ...
Nashville Hospital denial sparks new legal twist in death row implant dispute
Attorneys for Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, have filed a request with the state Supreme Court to deny a request ...