Byron Black is being executed despite his intellectual disabilities and a heart device that his attorneys said could cause a "torturous" death.

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

The North Side safety-net hospital will likely close Friday as it's set to lose major federal health insurance payments ...

Byron Black's execution marked the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest, experts ...

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

Byron Black told his attorney he didn't plan to say last words because he has "always been shy." He left with her a message for his family instead.

Byron Black was put to death despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals ...

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the ...

On Tuesday morning, 69-year-old Bryon Black was put to death by lethal injection at the Riverbend Maximum Security ...