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

A Davidson County judge held what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind hearing over how the state will handle the scheduled ...

A hearing began Monday to determine if death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator should be turned off before his Aug. 5 ...

Byron Black, who is on an implanted defibrillator, wants to make sure his heart does not restart during the execution, ...

Byron Black, a 69-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, has formally petitioned Governor Bill Lee to commute his death ...

Lawyers for four Tennessee death row inmates are asking a federal judge to allow them to choose a firing squad as an alternative to Tennessee's lethal injection or electric chair execution methods.

A Tennessee lawmaker has apologized for what he claims was an “exaggeration” while trying to convey support for a colleague looking to add death by firing squad as an execution method for ...

Tennessee is set to execute its first death row inmate in years. ... As of Oct. 1, 2024, there were 45 people on death row in Tennessee, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

David Earl Miller has lived on Tennessee's death row for 36 years while a protracted legal battle raged over the manner and timing of his execution, now scheduled for Dec. 6.

Shelby County represents less than 14 percent of the State of Tennessee's population, according to Census data. But nearly half of inmates listed on death row, 47 percent, come from the county.