News

WATE 6 On Your Side on MSN11h
Lawyer breaks down death row inmates’ lawsuit as executions resume in Tennessee
For the first time since 2022, death row executions are expected to resume, with the first scheduled for Thursday. In this ...
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.
Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith chooses last meal ahead of execution
Oscar Franklin Smith's last meal will be delivered to him hours before the planned execution. He is set to die by lethal ...
Chattanoogan.com1d
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 ...
Louisville Public Media1d
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.
Amnesty International UK6dOpinion
USA: First Tennessee Execution Since 2020 Nears
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.