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The long-term impact of violent loss: Reflecting on the crimes and execution of Oscar Smith
Ahead of Oscar Smith’s execution Thursday morning for the murder of his wife and two of her children, people close to the ...
Oscar Smith faces near-total isolation and no legal avenues to avoid execution
Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, is scheduled to be the first to die by Tennessee’s new lethal injection protocol on May 22.
Shocking but true: These are the last six developed countries that still have the death penalty
The U.S. is set to carry out another execution on Thursday, when a Tennessee man is scheduled to be given a lethal injection.
Tennessee prepares to execute Oscar Smith, three years after last-minute reprieve
Smith was convicted of fatally stabbing and shooting his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons, Jason and Chad, 13 and 16, at their Nashville home on Oct. 1, 1989.
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Governor Lee Declines To Grant Clemency For Death Row Prisoner
Governor Bill Lee declined to grant clemency for death row prisoner Oscar Franklin Smith. Governor Lee said, "After deliberate consideration of Oscar Franklin Smith’s request for clemency, and after a ...
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Timeline: Tennessee is planning its first lethal injection in years. How did the state get here?
Tennessee plans to carry out its first execution since 2019 by means of lethal injection. It’s the fourth scheduled execution ...
‘Pure evil’: Lead detective recalls 1989 triple-murder case ahead of Oscar Smith’s execution
Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, is set to be executed by lethal injection on May 22 for the 1989 brutal murder of his estranged wife and her two teenage sons.
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USA: First Tennessee Execution Since 2020 Nears
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