Lawyers Ask TN Supreme Court to Weigh Case of Disabled Death Row Inmate Set for Execution

Lawyers ask TN Supreme Court to weigh case of disabled death row inmate set for execution

A death row inmate’s attorneys are asking the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide eligibility for capital punishment.

New filing challenges competency of Tennessee death row inmate facing August execution

Death row prisoner Byron Black is asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to step in and delay his scheduled Aug. 5 execution.

Death row inmate asks TN Supreme Court to consider whether he's incompetent to be executed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — On Monday, a death row inmate filed an appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court asking them to overturn a lower court's decision declining to decide if he's incompetent to be executed later this year. In 1989, Byron Black was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the killings of Angela Clay and her two daughters Latoya and Lakesha. On February 24, 2020, the state Supreme Court granted the stat…

Attorneys want to delay Tennessee's next execution, citing mental competency concerns

Tennessee is scheduled to execute Byron Black in August. His attorneys argue his death should be delayed and his sentence reconsidered, citing his intellectual disability, progressive dementia and brain damage. Black’s defense attorneys submitted their request to the Tennessee Supreme Court this week. They argue the trial court made a mistake when it declined to consider Black’s mental competency. They say some of the confusion was likely becaus…

Tennessee Death Row Man's Competency in Question - Davis Vanguard

Byron Black, a 68-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, has filed a petition with the Tennessee Supreme Court to halt his execution due to extensive medical evidence of intellectual disability, brain damage, dementia, and multiple life-threatening physical illnesses.