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

Fears have been raised about a disabled death row inmate whose execution could become a "gruesome spectacle." Byron Black is ...

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

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

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

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.

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.