Tennessee pauses executions through end of year, will review lethal injections
Tenn. will pause executions & conduct an independent review of a lethal injection that forced him to call off the execution of Oscar Smith.
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Tenn. will pause executions & conduct an independent review of a lethal injection that forced him to call off the execution of Oscar Smith.
Gov. Bill Lee paused executions in Tennessee for the rest of the year on Monday after revealing that the state had failed to ensure its lethal injection drugs were properly tested. The oversight forced Lee to abruptly halt the execution of Oscar Smith an hour before he was to die last month.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Gov. Bill Lee paused executions in Tennessee for the rest of the year on Monday to enable ...
Oscar F. Smith was set to be executed in April 2022. It was unexpectedly paused due to an "oversight" in the lethal injection preparation.