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

Byron Black, 69, was executed for the 1988 South Nashville murders of his ex-girlfriend Angela Clay and her two daughters Latoya, 9, and Lakeisha, 6.

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was in serious pain after the lethal ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled on July 31 that Byron Black could be executed without deactivating his implanted ...

The fugitive suspected in the killing of four people and the kidnapping of a baby in Tennessee was taken into custody Tuesday ...

Byron Black died at 10:43am Tuesday, roughly 10 minutes after the lethal injection started. He could be heard sighing and ...