Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Smith gets a short reprieve on his scheduled execution.
He was scheduled to be executed last night Governor Bill Lee releasing a statement on the postponement “Due to an oversight in preparation for lethal injection, the scheduled execution of Oscar Smith will not move forward tonight. I am granting a temporary reprieve while we address Tennessee Department of Correction protocol. Further details will be released when they are available.”
Smith was convicted of murder in the 1989 triple slayings of his estranged wife, Judith Lynn Smith, and her two sons from a previous marriage. He was sentenced to death after conviction.
