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Byron Black is being executed despite his intellectual disabilities and a heart device that his attorneys said could cause a ...
The state executed Black after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined requests from attorneys, advocacy groups and even some Republicans to intervene.
Byron Black noted intense pain during his lethal injection death earlier this week, with some wondering if it was because his ...
The attorney for a Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week says his implanted ...
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 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.
A Nashville jury convicted Byron Black and sentenced him to death in 1989. Now more than 35 years later, he is set to be ...
Nicoule Davis, cousin of murder victims Lakeisha and Latoya Clay, speaks before the Aug. 5, 2025, execution of Byron Black, who was convicted and sentenced to death for killing Angela Clay and the two ...
An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was in serious pain after the lethal ...
Tennessee executed death row inmate Byron Black on Tuesday despite raised concerns about his implanted heart device, which ...
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.