Oscar Franklin Smith

References

1. Tennessee Department of Correction
   https://web.archive.org/web/20220316195609/https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/correction/statistics-and-information/death-row-facts/death-row-offenders.html/
2. CBS News
   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oscar-smith-bill-lee-tennessee-death-row-execution/
3. The Tennessean
   https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2025/03/03/execution-dates-tennessee-death-row/81193524007/
4. The Tennessean
   https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2025/05/22/oscar-franklin-smith-75-dies-first-tennessee-execution-since-2020-lethal-injection/82519855007/
5. "Death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith set to be executed in Tennessee next month"
   https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2022/03/07/oscar-franklin-smith-set-executed-tennessee/9331595002/
6. "Tennessee death row inmate wants case reopened, says unknown DNA found on weapon"
   https://web.archive.org/web/20220412161119/https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/tennessee-death-row-inmate-wants-case-reopened-unknown-dna-on-weapon/522-5eb5be08-161c-475c-bc0a-5e6e953592c7
7. State v. Smith (1993)
   https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/supreme-court/1993/868-s-w-2d-561-1.html
8. Oxygen Official Site
   https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/tennessee-supreme-court-denies-oscar-smith-death-row-appeal
9. "TN death row inmate asks court to reopen his case"
   https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/tn-death-row-inmate-asks-court-to-reopen-his-case/
10. "Oscar Franklin Smith, on Tennessee death row, seeks new hearing, clemency as execution looms"
    https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2022/04/04/oscar-franklin-smith-seeks-clemency-new-hearing-tennessee-death-row/7270613001/
11. "Tennessee Supreme Court schedules 2 more execution dates"
    https://apnews.com/article/258ee9a28b8695ffe8f4002a5e69289a
12. "Tennessee delays June execution due to coronavirus"
    https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/tennessee-delays-june-execution-due-to-coronavirus/51-73d26149-cfe6-459e-a87a-7bd4009ef210
13. "Tennessee seeks execution dates for 9 death row inmates"
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tennessee-ag-seeks-execution-dates-death-row-inmates-65825506
14. The Tennessean
    https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2022/04/01/oscar-smith-execution-death-row-inmate-tennessee-lethal-injection/6982154001/#
15. "Tennessee court rejects DNA evidence petition by inmate"
    https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-nashville-shootings-3728e9d0267c137001ffd6994f741aee
16. "Tennessee inmate seeks execution halt over DNA evidence"
    https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-nashville-shootings-executions-7b2b06e934b833e35ba189da96d6a41c
17. "Death row inmate seeks reprieve from Tennessee Supreme Court over unknown DNA evidence"
    https://eu.tennessean.com/story/news/2022/04/14/oscar-franklin-smith-death-row-inmate-tennessee-supreme-court-murder-weapon/7323616001/
18. "State high court won't hear inmate appeal as execution looms"
    https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-executions-gun-politics-tennessee-0ef8c782529d06486602529c7052d77a
19. "Oscar Smith execution: Governor denies death row inmate's plea for clemency"
    https://eu.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2022/04/19/oscar-smith-execution-tennessee-death-row-inmate-lawsuit-first-amendment/9461514002/
20. "Tennessee governor declines to intervene as execution looms"
    https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-shootings-tennessee-nashville-e7e889d87805e6fc889e4de551cf1c90
21. newschannel5.com
    https://www.newschannel5.com/news/oscar-franklin-smith-set-to-be-first-tennessee-inmate-executed-since-2020
22. CNN
    https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/02/us/tennessee-executions-review-oscar-smith/index.html
23. Associated Press
    https://apnews.com/article/death-penalty-tennessee-midazolam-corrections-lethal-injection-7a790206825ec9188673631c1fc84967
24. Associated Press
    https://apnews.com/article/executions-tennessee-pentobarbital-lethal-injection-9109f923828820e7c427abb9f07ef87d
25. Nashville Banner
    https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/03/03/tennessee-executions-resumed/
26. Associated Press
    https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-execution-lethal-injection-435ae742926159c8b74e98825f637c50
27. "Oscar Franklin Smith, Tennessee death row inmate, declines to choose execution method"
    https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2025/04/30/tennessee-death-row-inmate-lethal-injection-method-execution-oscar-franklin-smith/82520789007/
28. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2025/05/22/watch-live-witnesses-after-oscar-franklin-smith-execution-tenness
    https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2025/05/22/watch-live-witnesses-after-oscar-franklin-smith-execution-tennessee/82520039007/#
29. "Executions resume in Tennessee: Oscar Franklin Smith put to death"
    https://www.axios.com/local/nashville/2025/05/22/executions-resume-tennessee-oscar-franklin-smith
30. The Straits Times
    https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-man-who-killed-wife-and-her-kids-executed-by-lethal-injection