Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the ...

Black’s US lawyers raised concerns that his heart implant could shock him back to life, leading to undue suffering.

Saudi Arabia authorities executed two people on Monday for \"terrorist crimes,\" bringing the total number of executions to ...

Byron Black was executed after a back-and-forth in court over whether officials would need to turn off his implantable ...

Byron Black's execution marked the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest, experts ...

Byron Black’s lawyers argued his implanted combination pacemaker-defibrillator could prolong his suffering by shocking his ...

Byron Black, 69, was executed for the 1988 South Nashville murders of his ex-girlfriend Angela Clay and her two daughters ...

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

Edward Zakrzewski, a man convicted of killing his family with a machete in 1994, was sentenced to death in Florida on ...

Florida has executed a 60-year-old Air Force veteran for killing his wife and two children in 1994, marking a record ninth ...

Saudi Arabia executes 8 people in a day, with most executions related to drug charges, sparking controversy and criticism.

A human rights group has reported that Iran executed 96 prisoners during July. Among those executed were five Afghan ...