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.

The denial means that Byron Black's execution will continue as scheduled.

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.