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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.

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State Supreme Court says Tennessee can execute inmate without deactivating heart device

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

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Hospital says it never agreed to deactivate death row inmate’s heart implant days before scheduled execution

A Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) official said in a court declaration Nashville General Hospital told her they could deactivate the device prior to Black’s execution, but on

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Faith leaders seek to halt Byron Black's Tennessee execution

Convicted triple-murderer Byron Black might elude his scheduled execution on Tuesday morning due to a recently claimed ...

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Attorneys seek to halt Byron Black's execution after overturned defibrillator ruling

Less than a week before his scheduled execution, attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black have filed a motion ...

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Tenn. Supreme Court: Byron Black can be executed with ICD still activated

Tennessee resumed state executions earlier this year. But Byron Black, a death row inmate who is scheduled to die next Tuesday, has a list of potential complications.

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Prisoner can be executed without turning off pacemaker, Tennessee high court rules

A lower court had acknowledged that Byron Black’s implanted combination pacemaker-defibrillator could prolong his suffering by shocking his heart after lethal injection.

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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 ...

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