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Byron Black executed for triple murder despite concerns of disabilities, heart device
The state executed Black after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined requests from attorneys, advocacy groups and even some ...
Tennessee to execute Byron Black amid heart device, intellectual disability concerns
Byron Black is being executed despite his intellectual disabilities and a heart device that his attorneys said could cause a ...
Byron Black execution: Tennessee inmate with heart device was not shocked, attorney says
Byron Black noted intense pain during his lethal injection death earlier this week, with some wondering if it was because his ...
Tennessee death row inmate cries out in pain during lethal injection after state refused to deactivate defibrillator implant
The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...
Byron Black had no last words but left message for family, friends with attorney
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.
Attorney says heart device did not shock Tennessee man in execution who said he was 'hurting so bad'
The attorney for a Tennessee man who said he was "hurting so bad" during his lethal injection this week says his implanted ...
Tennessee inmate executed without deactivating defibrillator said he was in pain during lethal injection
An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the ...
Implanted defibrillator did not shock death row inmate during execution in TN, attorney says
Days after the execution, his attorney released a statement confirming that the implanted defibrillator did not shock Byron ...
Man reports pain in execution
An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the ...
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Chicago Election 2023: Angela Clay, Kim Walz vie for Chicago City ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Angela Clay and Kim Walz are vying for votes for the city council seat in Chicago's most diverse ward. Clay is determined to become the 46th Ward's first Black alderman. "We ran ...