The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied a request for a competency hearing for death row inmate Byron Black despite claims from his attorneys that he no longer understands why he’s being put to death.

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

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black told a state appeals court on Tuesday that he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled.

No one had heard from Lela or Byron Black since Friday, the alert said. Authorities found 42-year-old Kelly Black dead at a home in Princeton, Kentucky, on Sunday, police said.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied Bryon Black's request to have a hearing on whether he is incompetent for capital ...