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Tennessee Executes Byron Black With Active Defibrillator

Last-minute appeals were denied after the Tennessee Supreme Court reversed a judge’s order to disable his heart implant.

South Carolina Firing Squad Execution Deemed Botched After Autopsy Findings

Louisiana Death Row Inmate Dies Weeks Before Scheduled Execution

Alabama Executes Demetrius Frazier Using Controversial Nitrogen Gas Method

Alabama Executes Alan Eugene Miller Using Controversial Nitrogen Gas Method

Alabama to Proceed with Second Nitrogen Gas Execution After Settlement