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Judge grants Nashville death row inmate's request to disconnect his heart device before execution
A Davidson County Chancery Court judge says the state of Tennessee must disconnect a death row inmate's heart defibrillator ...
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 ...
Florida's Michael Bell set for execution today. See Treasure Coast inmates on death row
Florida is set to execute its eighth inmate in 2025. Since 1939, five people from Treasure Coast have been executed. See how ...
Judge allows death row inmate to deactivate implanted defibrillator during execution
One of Tennessee’s longest serving death row inmates will be allowed to deactivate a defibrillator implanted in his chest before he’s executed next month.
Tennessee judge orders deactivation of death row inmate's defibrillator before execution
A Davidson County judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to deactivate death row inmate Byron Black’s heart device before his scheduled August ...
Court grants temporary injunction in TN death row inmate’s request to turn off defibrillator during execution
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A temporary injunction for a Tennessee death row inmate’s request to turn off his defibrillator ...
Tennessee death row inmate asks court to disable defibrillator before execution
A Davidson County judge held what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind hearing over how the state will handle the scheduled ...
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Death row inmate Byron Black is set to be executed next month
Byron Black, 68, was put on death row in 1989 after he murdered his girlfriend, Angela Clay, and her daughters Latoya and ...