Black has a pacemaker-defibrillator, and his lawyers have argued for it to be deactivated prior to the execution.

Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.

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.

After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.

Executions have resumed in Tennessee after a five-year hiatus. Death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, was killed by lethal injection Thursday morning at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her teenage sons, Jason and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her teenage sons, Jason ...

Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, slipped from the world in quiet, punctuated by prayers from Rev. Monica Coakley as she rested her hand upon his shoulder and read from her Bible.

Oscar Smith, who was convicted of the 1989 murders of his estranged wife and her two teenage sons, was put to death by lethal injection Thursday morning, marking the return of Tennessee’s death ...

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 injection drugs.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee carried out its first execution in five years Thursday as the state put convicted murderer Oscar Smith, 75, to death by lethal injection.

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