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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Byron Black, a man convicted of murder 40 years ago, is scheduled to be executed on August 5, 2025, despite his documented ...

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

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

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.

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 ...