Tennessee’s oldest death row inmate, Oscar Franklin Smit,h brutally murdered his wife and her children over thirty years ago. He was executed this year and had some haunting last words ...

Tennessee has resumed executions after a pause, with Oscar Smith executed in May and Byron Black scheduled for execution in August. The author argues that citizens share responsibility for state ...

For the first time since Tennessee adopted a new lethal injection protocol, a post-execution autopsy has been released. It ...

Lawyers for a disabled death row inmate are asking the state to ensure that his implanted heart defibrillator is disabled ...

Oscar Frankline Smith, 75, was killed by lethal injection on Thursday, May 22. He had been sentenced to death in July 1990 - ...