Tennessee Governor Refuses Another Death Row Reprieve

Tennessee governor refuses another death row reprieve

With a day left before Tennessee resumes executions, Gov. Bill Lee is declining to give death row inmates a reprieve as they challenge the state’s new protocol for lethal injections. Attorneys for Oscar Smith, who is to be put to…

Gov. Lee Declines Clemency for Death Row Prisoner Scheduled to Die on Thursday - Tennessee Star

Governor Bill Lee will not stop the scheduled execution of death row inmate Oscar Smith. Smith was convicted in 1990 of murdering his estranged wife and her two sons. He received the death penalty for his actions.

Governor Lee Declines To Grant Clemency For Death Row Prisoner

Gov. Lee denies reprieve, ensuring executions by lethal injection amid legal challenge

Tennessee will execute Oscar Franklin Smith this week while a lawsuit challenging the state’s new lethal injection protocol makes its way through the court system. There was a possibility of the Thursday execution being called off. Anti-death penalty advocates and attorneys for Smith spent weeks asking Gov. Bill Lee to halt capital punishment until the court ruled whether the protocol is constitutional, which could take until at least January 20…