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Tennessee, Oscar Franklin Smith and on Death Row

Oscar Smith to be executed Thursday, marking Tennessee's first execution since 2020

Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Smith is scheduled to be executed Thursday, marking the state’s first execution in more than five years.Governor Bill Lee deni

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Tennessee Executes Oscar Smith after 34 Years on Death Row

Oscar Franklin Smith, who was convicted of murdering his estranged wife and her two sons in 1989, was executed by lethal injection at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Tennessee, marking the state's first execution since 2020 and the first under a revised lethal injection protocol.

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Oscar Smith to be executed Thursday in Tennessee: This is the list of U.S. states that still have the death penalty

A Tennessee man is scheduled to be given a lethal injection on Thursday, marking the end of a five-year hiatus in executions in the state.

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Tennessee governor signs bill banning glock switches

Governor Bill Lee officially made Tennessee the 27th state to ban Glock switches. On Wednesday, May 21, the governor inked ...

Tennessee prosecutors blast governor’s veto of expanding parole board authority

The Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference is denouncing Gov. Bill Lee’s first veto and urging state lawmakers to ...

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Governor Lee, state leaders honor fallen Tennesseans at annual Memorial Day Ceremony

Today, during the annual State of Tennessee Memorial Day service, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Tennessee Department of Veterans ...

TN House speaker appoints former governor to University of Tennessee Board of Trustees

Former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will join the UT System Board of Trustees, seven years after signing a bill reducing the ...

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Former governor Bill Haslam appointed to University of Tennessee Board of Trustees

Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton has tapped Bill Haslam, the former governor of Tennessee and Knoxville mayor, to serve ...

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Tennessee governor will allow state to resume executions

Gov. Bill Lee will allow Tennessee to resume executions this week despite an ongoing lawsuit challenging the state's new ...

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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and First Lady Visit National Guard Troops in Kuwait to Boost Morale

Governor Bill Lee and First Lady Maria Lee visited 700 Tennessee National Guard soldiers in Kuwait to boost morale and discuss the strategic Operation Spartan Shield.

TN governor signs bill penalizing intimidation, broadening police power and tightening rules around pamphlets

It makes it illegal for a person to refuse to provide their name to law enforcement if they are detained, and also adds ...

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