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Tennessee death row inmate with pacemaker can be executed despite likelihood heart device will prolong suffering: court
Tennessee death row inmate with pacemaker can be executed despite likelihood heart device will prolong suffering: court - Defenders say Tennessee inmate is intellectually disabled and wouldn’t be on d ...
Tennessee man with active pacemaker can be executed, court rules
Black has a pacemaker-defibrillator, and his lawyers have argued for it to be deactivated prior to the execution.
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Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Execution of Inmate with Heart Device Can Proceed
Tennessee Supreme Court allows execution of inmate with heart device, as legal and ethical issues are considered.
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Tennessee Supreme Court Urged to Grant Stay in Byron Black’s Execution
Attorneys for Byron Black, a 66-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, have filed a motion for a stay of his execution due to ...
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.
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Book author slams Tennessee's lethal injection drug choice for executions
Corinna Barrett Lain, author of “Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection,” is related to several ...