The Supreme Court has recently referred to a larger bench the question of whether the families of vehicle owners who die in ...

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

Tennessee can execute Byron Black on Aug. 5 without having to first deactivate his heart device, the Tennessee Supreme Court ...

Tennessee will move forward with the execution of death row inmate Byron Black at 10 a.m. Aug. 5 after both Gov. Bill Lee and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene.

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled on July 31 that Byron Black could be executed without deactivating his implanted ...

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

A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the state's high court ruled ...

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