Tennessee Supreme Court Clears Way for Byron Black's Execution Without Defibrillator Deactivation

Tennessee inmate Byron Black selects last meal ahead of execution

A Tennessee inmate on death row has selected his last meal ahead of his execution scheduled for next week.

Execution of Tennessee inmate with heart device can go forward despite claims it may shock him

Tennessee can move forward with next week's scheduled execution of a condemned man with a defibrillator after the state's highest court ruled the heart device does not need to be deactivated before he is put to death

Hospital says it never agreed to deactivate death row inmate's heart implant days before scheduled execution

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — With just days left until death row inmate, Byron Black's execution, a Nashville hospital said it never agreed to deactivate his heart-regulating implant before he is put to death, but a judge ruled he can be executed regardless. Byron Black is scheduled to be executed Aug. 5 for the 1988 murders of Angela Clay and her two young daughters, LaToya and LaKeisha. However, a judge ruled Black's heart-regulating implant, whi…

Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the state’s high court ruled on Thursday.

Prisoner can be executed without turning off pacemaker, Tennessee high court rules

A lower court had acknowledged that Byron Black’s implanted combination pacemaker-defibrillator could prolong his suffering by shocking his heart after lethal injection.

TN Supreme Court rules death row inmate can be executed without turning off his defibrillator

Byron Black asked the courts to deactivate his implanted defibrillator ahead of his execution, which is set for Tuesday. The TN Supreme Court overturned the request.