NASHVILLE – The scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing his estranged wife and her two teenage sons in 1989 has been halted at the last minute.
“Due to an oversight in preparation for lethal injection, the scheduled execution of Oscar Smith will not move forward tonight,” Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) said in a statement. “I am granting a temporary reprieve while we address Tennessee Department of Correction protocol. Further details will be released when they are available.”
Before the killing was called off, death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith received his last meal of a double bacon cheeseburger, deep dish apple pie, and vanilla bean ice cream.
Governor Lee didn’t elaborate further on the reported ‘oversight’ of the deadly injection.
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