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Media coalition sues Tennessee prison officials to get more access to executions

A coalition of news organizations is suing Tennessee’s top prisons official and a warden, alleging that state execution protocols unconstitutionally limit the media’s access to the entire process when inmates are put to death

The Independent UK

Tennessee man’s heart still active nearly two minutes after execution, lawyer says

Allegation raises further questions about death of Byron Black in execution lawyer says was ‘100% botched’

The Guardian - US

Inmate’s heart active nearly two minutes after lethal injection execution, lawyer claims

Byron Black was convicted of shooting and killing his girlfriend and her two daughters in 1988

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The Tennessee execution that ‘went horribly wrong’: how Byron Black’s killing unfolded

Witnesses say disabled death-row man was in distress upon gurney, while lawyer calls execution ‘100% botched’

The Guardian - US

Attorney says heart device did not shock Tennessee man in execution who said he was 'hurting so bad'

The attorney for a Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week says his implanted defibrillator did not shock him

The Independent UK

Inmate Cries Out In Pain During Execution As State Refuses To Turn Off Defibrillator, People Are Ruthless

“His family is going through the same thing now that we went through 37 years ago,” said the sister of the woman Byron Black fatally shot in a jealous rage.

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Tennessee man executed while his defibrillator remained active cried out in pain as he died, witnesses say

Byron Black was put to death despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals took effect.

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Tennessee executes Byron Black despite concerns about his defibrillator

Black’s US lawyers raised concerns that his heart implant could shock him back to life, leading to undue suffering.

Al Jazeera

Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator

Tennessee is gearing up for an execution that experts say would likely mark the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

Tennessee death row inmate with pacemaker can be executed despite likelihood heart device will prolong suffering: court

Defenders say Tennessee inmate is intellectually disabled and wouldn’t be on death row under modern legal standards

The Independent UK

US court says man with defibrillator can be executed despite concerns

Tennessee’s Supreme Court says Byron Black’s execution can proceed over worries a medical device may prolong his death.

Al Jazeera

Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator, court rules

Tennessee's high court has ruled that a death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator

The Independent UK

A look at the status of US executions in 2025

Twenty-six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Ten other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven states during the remainder of 2025

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Hospital says it never agreed to deactivate inmate's heart device before execution

A Tennessee hospital says it never agreed to a request by state officials who face a court order to turn off a death row inmate’s heart-regulating implant before receiving a lethal injection next week

The Independent UK

Tennessee contests disabling an inmate's heart device at a hospital on execution day

State attorneys in Tennessee say a judge’s order to take a death row inmate to the hospital on the morning of his execution to deactivate his heart-regulating device would cause “chaos.”

The Independent UK

Tennessee judge gives state leeway on deactivating inmate's heart-regulating device before execution

A Tennessee judge has ruled that the state can deactivate a death-row inmate’s implanted heart-regulating device at a hospital on the morning of his execution, rather than bringing a doctor or technician into the execution chamber

The Independent UK

Judge orders Tennessee to turn off inmate's heart-regulating implanted device at execution

A judge is ordering state officials to turn off a death-row inmate's heart-regulating implanted device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his execution by lethal injection scheduled for Aug. 5

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Tennessee death row inmate makes last-ditch effort to prevent Aug. 5 execution

Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 execution

The Independent UK

Over 20 prisoners to be executed across America this year – a look back at their cases

States across the US continue to use capital punishment

The Independent UK

A look at the status of US executions in 2025

Fifteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to death in eight states during the remainder of 2025

The Independent UK

A look at the status of US executions in 2025

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states during the remainder of 2025

The Independent UK

Appeals Court weighs death row inmate's disability claims

Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black say he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled

The Independent UK

Tennessee DA seeks death sentence commutation, AG against

Tennessee’s conservative attorney general and Nashville’s liberal district attorney are at odds over whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and consequently should not be executed

The Independent UK

Judge dismisses death row inmate’s bid to be declared intellectually disabled

Nashville’s district attorney agrees with man’s legal team that client is intellectually disabled

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