The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied Bryon Black's request to have a hearing on whether he is incompetent for capital punishment, paving the way for his execution on Aug. 5.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 ...

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

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

Byron Black was convicted in the 1988 shooting deaths of girlfriend Angela Clay, 29, and her two daughters, Latoya, 9, and ...