Tennessee man is executed for killing his wife and her 2 sons, 3 years after last-minute reprieve
- Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on May 22, 2025, for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons, Jason and Chad Burnett, in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Smith maintained his innocence throughout the process, stating, 'I didn’t kill her.'
- Judith Smith's siblings articulated their ongoing pain and linked the tragic deaths to broader domestic violence issues in their statement to the media.
- Smith's execution was Tennessee's first in five years, with Governor Bill Lee not intervening despite having issued a reprieve for Smith in 2022.
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Oldest Death Row Inmate Executed Despite New Evidence Claiming Innocence—His Final Plea Could Haunt Tennessee Forever
Oldest inmate on death row put down using lethal injection in Tennessee on Thursday morning. His last words were for the governor and the broken system.
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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.
Death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith shares bold four-word claim seconds before execution - The Mirror
Oscar Franklin Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville for the brutal murders of his estranged wife and her two sons in 1989
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