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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Tennessee inmate on death row has selected his last meal ahead of his execution scheduled for ...
Convicted triple-murderer Byron Black might elude his scheduled execution on Tuesday morning due to a recently claimed ...
A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the state's high court ruled ...
Attorneys for Byron Black, a 66-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, have filed a motion for a stay of his execution due to ...
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Byron Black decides on last meal

A man scheduled to be executed Tuesday has chosen his final meal.
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.
Lawyers for Byron Black, who is scheduled to be put to death this month, say his defibrillator may be unnecessarily triggered and subject him to "severe pain." ...
A Tennessee hospital says it never agreed to a request by state officials who face a court order to turn off a death row ...
Attorneys for Byron Black have filed a motion with the state Supreme Court seeking a stay, following a ruling that now permits his execution with his implant.
A Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) official said in a court declaration Nashville General Hospital told her they could deactivate the device prior to Black’s execution, but on ...
Attorneys for a death row inmate in Tennessee who’s scheduled to be executed Aug. 5 warn that his implanted heart device will ...
A lower court had acknowledged that Byron Black’s implanted combination pacemaker-defibrillator could prolong his suffering by shocking his heart after lethal injection.