Tuesday morning at Riverbend Prison, the state Department of Correction executed Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black. This ...

Byron Black told his attorney he didn't plan to say last words because he has "always been shy." He left with her a message ...

Convicted murderer Byron Black was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday, Aug. 5, in what experts believe is the first ...

Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without ...

The execution of Byron Black raised questions for weeks over Tennessee’s death penalty law in connection with intellectual disability and potential suffering. In ...

The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...