Lawyers of a death row inmate are trying to delay his execution after he committed a heinous crime in 1988. Byron Black, 68, ...

Attorneys for death row inmate Byron Black are asking a judge to step in ahead of his scheduled execution, arguing that a ...

Tennessee death row prisoner Byron Black has filed a motion to deactivate his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) at ...

A death row inmate’s attorneys are asking the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide eligibility ...

Byron Black, a 68-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, has filed a petition with the Tennessee Supreme Court to halt his ...

Death row prisoner Byron Black is asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to step in and delay his scheduled Aug. 5 execution.

A Tennessee judge did not have the authority to give Pervis Payne, who was formerly on death row, concurrent sentences of life in prison after ruling that he was intellectually disabled and could not ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The attorney of convicted killer Pervis Payne is reacting to the Tennessee Supreme Court’s recent ruling for her client. The Court ruled that his life sentences will be… ...

FILE - Pervis Payne, center, facing camera, hugs lawyer Kelley Henry before a court hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn.

Pervis Payne, center, facing camera, hugs lawyer Kelley Henry before a court hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in Memphis, Tenn. Credit: AP/Adrian Sainz. By The Associated PressJune 16, 2025 5:59 pm.