Entries tagged with “Byron Black”
Policy Issues
Intellectual Disability
,Nov 17, 2022
Tennessee Attorney General’s Office Continues to Oppose Local Prosecutors Who Concede that Death-Row Prisoner Is Intellectually Disabled
The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office attempted to preserve a trial court ruling denying Byron Black’s intellectual disability claim, arguing before the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) on November 8. Black’s attorneys argue that a new law entitles him to relief from his death sentence because of his intellectual disability, and the Davidson County District Attorney’s Office agrees. However, a trial judge denied Black’s claim because it had been…
Policy Issues
Intellectual Disability
,Jun 08, 2022
Tennessee Death-Row Prisoner Appeals Ruling Denying Him Relief Despite Agreement by District Attorney that He is Intellectually Disabled
A Tennessee death-row prisoner who county prosecutors agree is intellectually disabled is appealing a trial judge’s refusal to vacate his death sentence under a law designed to provide condemned prisoners a mechanism to enforce the constitutional prohibition against executing individuals with intellectual…
Policy Issues
Intellectual Disability
,Mental Illness
,Mar 15, 2022
Nashville DA Concedes Tennessee Death-Row Prisoner with August 2022 Death Warrant Is Intellectually Disabled and Ineligible for Execution
Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk is asking a Tennessee trial court to vacate the death sentence imposed on Byron Black (pictured), agreeing that the Nashville man, who is scheduled to be executed in August 2022, is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible to be…
Executions
Upcoming Executions
,Mar 05, 2022
Tennessee Sets Three Execution Dates for Most-in-Nation 5 Pending Executions in 2022
The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued death warrants setting execution dates for three prisoners, bringing to five — the nation’s‑high — the number of executions pending in the state in 2022. On February 22, 2022, the court set execution dates of August 18 for Byron Black, October 6 for Gary Sutton, and December 8 for Donald Middlebrooks. The court had previously set execution dates of April 21 for Oscar…
Executions
Upcoming Executions
,Executions Overview
,Jun 13, 2020
Death Warrant Update — Courts Halt Executions in Tennessee, Pennsylvania; Vacate Stay in Texas
NEWS (6/12/20) — Texas: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted a stay of execution the federal district court had granted to Ruben Gutierrez. The action reactivates the death warrant scheduling Mr. Gutierrez’s execution for June…
Policy Issues
Innocence
,Intellectual Disability
,Mental Illness
,Upcoming Executions
,Feb 26, 2020
Tennessee Sets Execution Dates for Two Men With Issues of Innocence, Intellectual Disability, and Competency
Tennessee has set two more execution dates for 2020, directed, advocates say, at men whose cases present unresolved issues of innocence, intellectual disability, and mental…