Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection.

For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...

DEATH row’s oldest inmate left behind an eerie plea with his final words before being executed by lethal injection. Tennessee prisoner Oscar Smith, 75, was put to death on Thursday morning fo… ...

Oscar Franklin Smith became the first man in five years to be executed in Tennessee on Thursday, and News 2's Tori Gessner was selected to witness it.

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.

The oldest inmate on death row had some fiery words for Tennessee 's governor as he was executed for murdering his estranged wife and her teenage sons. Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, was killed by ...

Oscar Franklin Smith executed in Tennessee after 30 years on death row. Critics say the lethal injection method is cruel and lacks transparency.

Oscar Smith, who spent more than 30 years on Tennessee's death row, was executed Thursday for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife and her two sons, and in his final words he insisted he was ...

Oscar Franklin Smith was tried and sentenced to the death penalty by the State of Tennessee, after a jury’s careful deliberation, based upon the brutality of three murders that included two ...