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Oscar Smith's execution Thursday marks the end of a nearly 36 year ordeal for Judy Robirds Smith's family. We spoke to an investigator who helped build the case against Smith.
Outside the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, a small group of protesters gathered to oppose the execution of Oscar Smith.
Smith becomes the state’s first execution since 2020, while also becoming the first inmate to be executed under the state’s ...
Oscar Franklin Smith was the first death row inmate to be executed in Tennessee in five years. Witnesses recount the moments leading up to his execution, including a message to Governor Bill Lee.
Getting to that witness room was the last step in a long morning of movement to watch Smith die by lethal injection for the triple murder of his estranged wife, Judy Robirds Smith, and her two teenage ...
The Tennessee Supreme Court set execution dates for four people on death row in 2025. Oscar Franklin Smith's execution May 22 was the first in five years. A judge has temporarily called off one man's ...
The state of Tennessee executed Oscar Franklin Smith Thursday morning. It was the first lethal injection since 2019, and ...
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 ...
The state’s first execution since 2020 was originally set for 2022, but activists convinced Gov. Lee to grant a reprieve.
After the execution of Oscar Franklin Smith on May 22, witnesses are slated to speak at a news conference outside the prison.
Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, ...