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Oscar Franklin Smith was sentenced to death for the 1989 killings of his estranged wife Judith Robirds Smith and her sons Chad and Jason Burnett.
Oscar Franklin Smith's last meal will be delivered to him hours before the planned execution. He is set to die by lethal ...
Gov. Bill Lee has denied Oscar Smith’s request for clemency ahead of his execution scheduled for May 22. A reprieve from Lee ...
Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, is scheduled to be the first to die by Tennessee’s new lethal injection protocol on May 22.
Tennessee has executed Oscar Franklin Smith for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife, 35-year-old Judith Robirds Smith, and her sons, 13-year-old Jason Burnett and 16-year-old Chad Burnett.
Tennessee executed Oscar Franklin Smith on Thursday morning for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife and two sons inside of ...
Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Smith died by lethal injection Thursday for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.
Killer, who spent over 30 years on Tennessee's death row, was executed for the murders of his estranged wife and her two sons.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just over three years ago, Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise reprieve that revealed problems with the lethal ...
Bethany Roberts Mann has been visiting men on death row for 15 years. She saw Oscar Smith before his execution on May 22.
The governor declined to step in to grant Smith a reprieve three years after he called off his last execution. The state of Tennessee has executed Oscar Franklin Smith, sentenced to death for the ...