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Smith becomes the state’s first execution since 2020, while also becoming the first inmate to be executed under the state’s new protocol. Smith was under an hour away from his originally scheduled ...
Outside the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, a small group of protesters gathered to oppose the execution of Oscar Smith.
The state’s first execution since 2020 was originally set for 2022, but activists convinced Gov. Lee to grant a reprieve.
Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.
Oscar Smith, who was convicted of the 1989 murders of his estranged wife and her two teenage sons, was put to death by lethal ...
Oscar Franklin Smith became the first man in five years to be executed in Tennessee on Thursday, and News 2’s Tori Gessner ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just over three years ago, Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov.
Brad Arnold, the lead singer for the Mississippi ... Harrell caused the death of another motorist in Nashville while under the influence of oxycodone and alprazolam. He was sentenced to two ...
Tennessee is set to execute its first death row inmate in years. Here's which states have the death penalty and which methods are still practiced.
Christopher Bell loves North Wilkesboro Speedway, and Joey Logano hates the “Promoter’s Caution.” Those were the main ...
Layne Riggs spins Corey Heim in Turn 2, opening the door for teammate Chandler Smith to sneak by for the win at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
House Republicans surprised tech industry watchers and outraged state governments when they added a clause to Republicans’ signature “ big, beautiful ” tax bill that would ban ...