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Byron Black's implanted defibrillator did not shock him during his lethal injection by the state of Tennessee Aug. 5, ...
Byron Black noted intense pain during his lethal injection death earlier this week, with some wondering if it was because his defibrillator wasn’t deactivated.
A first-of-its-kind legal battle before Byron Black’s execution centered on whether his implanted cardiac device would shock ...
Black, 69, was killed by lethal injection in Tennessee for the murder of his girlfriend and her two daughters.
Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...
The jury in his trial concluded that he had been in a jealous rage when he shot them because he thought Clay, whom he had ...
The attorney for a Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week says his implanted ...
The execution of Byron Black raised questions for weeks over Tennessee’s death penalty law in connection with intellectual ...
Black was a man of undisputed intellectual disability, with multiple mental and physical health problems, who faced the ...
Byron Black, convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters, said he was “hurting so bad” while he was given ...
Days after the execution, his attorney released a statement confirming that the implanted defibrillator did not shock Byron ...
Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without ...