Byron Black, a death row inmate with dementia and multiple organ failure, was executed by lethal injection despite having an ...

The state executed Black after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined requests from attorneys, advocacy groups and even some ...

After the execution of Byron Black on Aug. 5, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.

Byron Black's implanted defibrillator did not shock him during his lethal injection by the state of Tennessee Aug. 5, ...

The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...

Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...

Black, 69, was killed by lethal injection in Tennessee for the murder of his girlfriend and her two daughters.

Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled on July 31 that Byron Black could be executed without deactivating his implanted ...

Days after the execution, his attorney released a statement confirming that the implanted defibrillator did not shock Byron ...

Tennessee carries out its second execution using a new protocol on a man with an active heart defibrillator in his chest. Before he died, he complained to have terrible pain.

Convicted murderer Byron Black was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday, Aug. 5, in what experts believe is the first execution of a death row inmate with a working heart-regulating device.