A leading expert and the state of Tennessee have acknowledged Byron Black's disability. Yet he is scheduled to be executed on ...

Byron Black, who has an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Aug. 5.

The Tennessee Department of Correction is scheduled to execute Byron Black on Aug. 5, but court challenges regarding the case ...

Advocates for those with intellectual disabilities sent a letter to Governor Bill Lee requesting he commute the sentence of a ...

A Tennessee judge has ruled that the state can deactivate a death-row inmate’s implanted heart-regulating device at a ...

Friday afternoon, Black's attorneys filed a response to TDOC's appeal, asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to reject the ...

Family members, service providers and advocates for people with disabilities Thursday called on Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee to stop ...

In less than two weeks convicted killer Byron Black is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee. Advocates are now asking Gov.

A Davidson County judge is holding a rare hearing Tuesday morning that could impact how Tennessee carries out the execution ...

In the appeal, TDOC says it’s seeking to lift the injunction and proceed with the execution without deactivating the device.