NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - One of Tennessee’s longest serving death row inmates will be allowed to deactivate a defibrillator implanted in his chest before he’s executed next month. A Davidson County ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the state’s high court ruled on Thursday. The ruling overturns a lower court’s ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is set to execute a man Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, as uncertainty lingers about whether the device will shock his heart when a lethal ...

May 23 -- Imagine living with a device, day in and day out, that could mean the difference between life and death. The implantable defibrillator is exactly that for the cardiac patients who wear it.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is gearing up for an execution on Tuesday that experts say would likely mark the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest. South ...

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters in the 1980s said he was "hurting so bad" while he was given a lethal injection Tuesday in Tennessee, where authorities had ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The preliminary injunction allowing a death row inmate’s implanted defibrillator to be deactivated during his upcoming execution in Tennessee has been modified. Chancellor ...

Dr. Friedman answers the question: 'Types Of Pacemakers, Best Candidates?' — -- Question: What are the different kinds of pacemakers and is there a special kind for each person? Answer :A ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black is set to be executed on August 5. What’s been in contention with Black’s execution is whether his implanted defibrillator would be ...

Tennessee is gearing up for an execution on Tuesday that experts say would likely mark the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest. Gov. Bill Lee declined ...