NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Advocates for those with intellectual disabilities sent a letter to Governor Bill Lee requesting he commute the sentence of a man whose execution they argue would violate the Constitution due to his intellectual disability.
Byron Black was sentenced to death for the 1988 murders of his girlfriend, Angela Clay, and her two young daughters, Latoya and Lakeisha.
Black is scheduled to be put to death Aug. 5; however, advocates told reporters Thursday that executing him is against the law because he has an intellectual disability…