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 ...

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

Byron Black is accused of killing the girl's mother, Kelly Black. Officials said she was found Sunday with a gunshot wound to the back of the head at her home in Princeton. That's just east of ...

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 punishment, paving the way for his execution on Aug. 5.