Byron Black, a 69-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, has formally petitioned Governor Bill Lee to commute his death ...

A Tennessee death row inmate wants the state to turn off his implanted defibrillator before his execution so that the device does not try to shock his heart back into a normal rhythm after the lethal ...

Tennessee death row prisoner Byron Black has filed a motion to deactivate his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) at ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied a request for a competency hearing for death row inmate Byron Black despite claims from his attorneys that he no longer understands why he’s being put to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black told a state appeals court on Tuesday that he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled.

No one had heard from Lela or Byron Black since Friday, the alert said. Authorities found 42-year-old Kelly Black dead at a home in Princeton, Kentucky, on Sunday, police said.