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Experts warned Black’s heart implant could shock him repeatedly during lethal injection, but the state killed him without deactivating it
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In March of 1988, Black shot his girlfriend and her two daughters; under today’s standard he would not be eligible for the death penalty
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Oscar Smith and Byron Black could be executed before a court reviews Tennessee’s new lethal injection protocol
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Filing contends studies have proven use of pentobarbital causes a ‘tortuous death’
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Reduced guidelines withhold key aspects of the process from the public
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With new lethal injection protocol in place, state Supreme Court sets new slate beginning in May
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The state will resume executing people on death row using the single drug pentobarbital
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Rather than reconsidering capital punishment, the governor will make leadership changes after a damning investigation into Tennessee executions
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A six-month investigation found that the state did not properly observe chemical testing protocols for lethal injections in 2018 and 2022
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After botched protocols in the execution of Oscar Smith, the state pauses to reconsider its methods
