The jury in his trial concluded that he had been in a jealous rage when he shot them because he thought Clay, whom he had ...

When the only thing that matters to legislatures is drawing lines and squeezing out as many Republican or Democratic seats as ...

A death row prisoner in Tennessee can be executed despite having an implanted heart device that his lawyers say is likely to ...

Black has a pacemaker-defibrillator, and his lawyers have argued for it to be deactivated prior to the execution.

Attorneys for Byron Black, a 66-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, have filed a motion for a stay of his execution due to ...

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

Byron Lewis Black, a death-sentenced man in Tennessee, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution and review his ...

In its ongoing fight with the Memphis police union, the city has asked the Tennessee Supreme Court to place a hold on court-mandated demotions.

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

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was in serious pain after the lethal ...

On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in the closely watched case of United States v. Skrmetti. In this 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s legislation ...