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 the potential for his implanted defibrillator to trigger a prolonged and gruesome death.

A Tennessee inmate on death row has selected his last meal ahead of his execution scheduled for next week. Byron Black is set to be executed on Tuesday, Aug. 5 for the 1998 murders of Angela Clay and her two young daughters,

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.