Tenn. inmate moved to execution 'death watch,' Gov. Lee declines clemency request
Oscar Smith was convicted of murdering Judith Smith and her two teenage sons at their Nashville home in 1989.
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Oscar Smith was convicted of murdering Judith Smith and her two teenage sons at their Nashville home in 1989.
State high court won't hear inmate appeal as execution looms | 2022-04-19 03:24:19
The Tennessee Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of an inmate facing execution this week who sought to have his case reopened after an unknown person's DNA was found on one of the murder weapons.
Convicted murderer Oscar Smith is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's governor said Tuesday that he will not intervene in the scheduled execution later this week of an inmate convicted of fatally stabbing and shooting his estranged wife and her sons decades ago.