Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 05/08/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Byron Black, 69, was convicted of a 1988 triple homicide in Tennessee. On Tuesday, state officials administered a lethal injection to him. Black’s death came after his lawyers failed in a last-ditch effort on Monday to halt execution. An increase in capital punishment Black’s death marks the 28th court-ordered execution in the US this year. The number of executions nationwide in 2025 is slated to be the highest since at least 2015. At least eight other people are scheduled to die this year as part of court-mandated executions. President Donald Trump has signalled his support for expanding the use of the death penalty. In Byron Black’s case Opponents of the death penalty have long argued that the practice violates basic human rights. Black had been convicted on three counts of first-degree murder for the 1988 shooting deaths of his girlfriend Angela Clay and her two daughters, Latoya and Lakeisha Clay, respectively. Critics argued Black’s intellectual disabilities alone should have made him ineligible for death penalty. In 2021, Tennessee put all its executions on hold to allow for its investigation into lethal Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Russell Perkins ruled that his defibrillator would have to be removed for the execution to proceed. It also argued that the pentobarbital used in the lethal injection would render Black unresponsive. Tennessee’s Supreme Court ultimately sided with the state, saying Perkins’s decision amounted to a “stay of execution” The US Supreme Court has declined petitions to take up the case.
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“Oh his human rights!” - maybe he should have thought about that before killing a 6 and a 9 year old…
What about their human rights?