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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 ...
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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.

Disabled Tennessee death row inmate asks US Supreme Court to stay execution

A death row inmate who suffers from dementia, brain damage and heart failure has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme court.

Execution of Tennessee inmate with heart device can go forward despite claims it may shock him

Lawyers for Byron Black, who is scheduled to be put to death this month, say his defibrillator may be unnecessarily triggered and subject him to "severe pain." ...

Hospital says it never agreed to deactivate inmate’s heart device before execution

A Tennessee hospital says it never agreed to a request by state officials who face a court order to turn off a death row ...

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.

Tennessee death row inmate requests Supreme Court review, postponement of execution date

Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, has filed a petition for writ of certiorari, or a higher court review, with the ...
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Death row inmate Byron Black submit request for stay of execution ahead of next week's execution

Attorneys for death row inmate Byron Black are asking the Supreme Court to step in as questions loom about his intellectual ...