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Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator 'did not shock him,' attorneys say
Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...
Tennessee death row inmate cries out in pain during lethal injection after state refused to deactivate defibrillator implant
The convicted murderer was put to death despite a legal battle over concerns his heart device would repeatedly shock him once ...
Implanted defibrillator did not shock death row inmate during execution in TN, attorney says
Days after the execution, his attorney released a statement confirming that the implanted defibrillator did not shock Byron ...
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.
Death Row Inmate To Face First of Its Kind Execution
Byron Black is scheduled to be given a lethal injection after a legal battle about whether a working defibrillator in his chest would cause him pain.