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Medical ethics and a prisoner’s heart implant complicate next execution in Tennessee

Nashville General Hospital won’t disable death row inmate’s implant, contradicting state’s account in court

What to know about Tennessee’s scheduled execution of Byron Black

TDOC pushback on execution court order amounts to ‘passive aggression,’ judge says

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Medical ethics and a prisoner’s heart implant complicate next execution in Tennessee

Tennessee authorities search for a man wanted in 4 deaths linked to an abandoned baby

Tennessee can execute man despite medical complications, state supreme court rules

Nashville General Hospital won’t disable death row inmate’s implant, contradicting state’s account in court

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