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Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, is scheduled to be the first to die by Tennessee’s new lethal injection protocol on May 22.
Oscar Smith's execution Thursday marks the end of a nearly 36-year ordeal for Judy Robirds Smith's family. We spoke to an investigator who helped build the case against Smith.
Ahead of Oscar Smith’s execution Thursday morning for the murder of his wife and two of her children, people close to the ...