A Tennessee prisoner, who complained of pain as witnesses said he showed signs of distress during his execution this week, was not shocked by his implanted heart device as he died, his lawyer said ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- 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 ...

Byron Black, sentenced to death in the killings of his girlfriend Angela Clay and her two children under 10, was executed Tuesday in Tennessee at age 69 His heart device remained active despite legal ...

*UPDATE: Davidson County Chancellor Russell T. Perkins on July 22 modified his ruling, allowing the state of Tennessee to deactivate inmate Byron Black's heart device as early as possible on the ...

Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black on Tuesday for the 1988 murders of a woman and her two young daughters, despite concerns from his attorneys that a device implanted to restore his heartbeat ...

Attorneys for a death row inmate in Tennessee who’s scheduled to be executed Aug. 5 warn that his implanted heart device will repeatedly shock him during his execution, torturing him by trying to keep ...