In lieu of a new hearing, Gov. Lee must commute Byron Black's execution In 2021, continuing its tradition of protecting disability rights, Tennessee passed a groundbreaking law providing access to ...

Tennessee officials must deactivate a death-row inmate's implanted heart-regulating device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his lethal injection, a judge ruled Friday.

Tennessee judge gives state leeway on deactivating inmate's heart-regulating device before execution This undated booking photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Corrections shows Byron Black.

A Davidson County judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Corrections to deactivate death row inmate Byron Black’s heart device before his scheduled August 5 execution. Black, 66, suffers ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 execution. In Nashville's Chancery Court, they are asking a judge to require ...

A Tennessee judge ruled on Tuesday that the state can deactivate a death-row inmate's implanted heart-regulating device at a hospital on the morning of his execution, rather than bringing a doctor ...

The ruling comes after Deputy Attorney General Cody Brandon told the judge they could not comply with an earlier order requiring Byron Black's implanted cardioverter-defibrillator to be turned off ...