Tennessee set to execute inmate without turning off his implanted defibrillator

Tennessee to execute Byron Black amid heart device, intellectual disability concerns

Byron Black is being executed despite his intellectual disabilities and a heart device that his attorneys said could cause a "torturous" death.

Tennessee set to execute inmate without turning off his implanted defibrillator

Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black without deactivating his defibrillator, raising concerns about potential shocks during the lethal injection.

Tennessee plans to execute man despite concerns his heart implant will shock him repeatedly

Byron Black's attorneys argue the lethal injection drugs will cause his implant to shock his heart to try to restore its rhythm, prolonging the execution.

SCOTUS denies Byron Black's execution appeals, despite disability, defibrillator concerns

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied all pending appeals from Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate who is scheduled to be executed at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Augu

Tennessee set to execute inmate without turning off his implanted heart device

Tennessee is set to execute an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, as uncertainty lingers about whether the device will shock his heart when a lethal drug takes effect.Barring a late reprieve requested from the governor or the courts, Byron Black's execution will go forward after a legal back-and-forth over whether the state would need to turn off his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, or ICD. The nonprofit Deat…

Tennessee plans to execute inmate amid concerns his heart implant will shock him repeatedly

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 could repeatedly shock him as he’s put to death.