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Tennessee plans to execute inmate amid concerns his heart implant will shock him repeatedly
Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black on Tuesday for the 1988 murders of a woman and her two young daughters, despite ...
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, ...
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 can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator, court rules
Tennessee's high court has ruled that a death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator.
Death Row Inmate’s Attorneys Say Heart Implant Will Repeatedly Shock Him as He’s Executed
Attorneys for a death row inmate in Tennessee who’s scheduled to be executed Aug. 5 warn that his implanted heart device will ...
Opinion
Why we must confront the ugliness of capital punishment in Tennessee | Opinion
Ahead of Byron Black's execution on August 5, it's time to re-examine the horrors of capital punishment and Tennesseans' role in its continuance.
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 ...