Tennessee Has a New Execution Method, 2.5 Years After Last ... - NTD News
Dec 30, 2024 · More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith—admitting that correction officials were not following their own execution protocols—the …
Tennessee has a new lethal injection method, 2.5 years after ... - CBS News
Dec 27, 2024 · More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of Oscar Smith, the state announced a new lethal injection method.
Oscar Franklin Smith - Wikipedia
Oscar Franklin Smith (born March 25, 1950 [1]) is an American man convicted of capital murder in Tennessee and sentenced to death. [1] Smith was scheduled to be executed on April 21, …
Tennessee governor calls off execution of Oscar Smith ... - NBC News
Apr 22, 2022 · Tennessee’s governor on Thursday called off the execution of Oscar Smith, 72, citing an "oversight" in preparations for the lethal injection.
Who Is Oscar Smith? Oldest Tennessee Death Row Inmate Faces ... - Newsweek
Apr 20, 2022 · Oscar Franklin Smith, 72, the oldest inmate on the state's death row, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville on …
Attorneys want moratorium, probe after execution halted - AP News
Apr 28, 2022 · After an undisclosed “oversight” forced Tennessee to abruptly cancel the execution of Oscar Smith last week, his attorneys are asking for a moratorium on executions and a …
Death row inmate facing execution this week has appeal ... - NBC News
Apr 18, 2022 · Oscar Smith, 72, was convicted of fatally stabbing and shooting his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons Jason and Chad Burnett, 13 and 16, at their Nashville home on …
Tennessee governor Bill Lee calls off execution of Oscar ... - CBS News
Apr 21, 2022 · Republican Gov. Bill Lee didn't elaborate on what issue forced the surprise 11th-hour stop to the planned execution of 72-year-old Oscar Smith. The inmate was to have …
Death row inmate Oscar Smith execution delayed - NewsChannel …
Apr 21, 2022 · Inmate Oscar Frank Smith was scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday for the 1989 killings of his estranged wife and her teenage sons. The execution was delayed due …
Tennessee set to execute Oscar Smith, convicted in 1990 of ... - CBS News
Apr 20, 2022 · Tennessee is set to execute Oscar Smith this week, after the state's governor said he would not intervene in the case. The 72-year-old was convicted of fatally stabbing and and …