Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise reprieve that revealed ...

Oscar Franklin Smith is set to be executed by lethal injection for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife, 35-year-old Judith ...

After a three-year pause because of problems with execution drugs, Tennessee is resuming the practice saying it now has a safe way to administer a lethal injection.

- Capital punishment protesters pray on the grounds of Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the scheduled execution ...

Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, is scheduled to be the first to die by Tennessee’s new lethal injection protocol on May 22.

Seventeen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 11 other people are scheduled to be put ...

Tennessee is set to execute its first death row inmate in years. Here's which states have the death penalty and which methods are still practiced.

Among 27 states with death penalty laws, Indiana is one of two that bars media witnesses. The other, Wyoming, has conducted ...

Tennessee hasn't executed an inmate on death row since early 2020, but now the new drug meant to restart the death penalty is ...

The upcoming execution of Oscar Franklin Smith has caused a deeper look into the history and methods of execution and current ...

Before Rogers’ death, the most recent U.S. execution was in Florida and took place May 1, when Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, died ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Maricopa County prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty in the murder of a Tempe woman who was ...