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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.

TN Supreme Court rules death row inmate can be executed without turning off his defibrillator

Byron Black asked the courts to deactivate his implanted defibrillator ahead of his execution, which is set for Tuesday. The ...

Death Row Inmate’s Attorneys Say Heart Implant Will Repeatedly Shock Him as He’s Executed

Attorneys for a death row inmate in Tennessee who’s scheduled to be executed Aug. 5 warn that his implanted heart device will ...

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 ...

Death row inmate Byron Black submit request for stay of execution ahead of next week's execution

Attorneys for death row inmate Byron Black are asking the Supreme Court to step in as questions loom about his intellectual ...

Court rules TN death row inmate can be executed without deactivating defibrillator

In the latest ruling, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that Black can be executed without the defibrillator being ...

Nashville Hospital denial sparks new legal twist in death row implant dispute

Attorneys for Byron Black, a Tennessee death row inmate, have filed a request with the state Supreme Court to deny a request ...