A Tennessee judge did not have the authority to give Pervis Payne, who was formerly on death row, concurrent sentences of ...

Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith picked his last meal ahead of his scheduled execution, the Tennessee Department of Correction confirmed. Smith, 75, is to die by lethal injection on ...

Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.

Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith picked his last meal ahead of his scheduled execution, the Tennessee Department of Correction confirmed. Smith, 75, is to die by lethal injection on May ...

Tennessee inmate's death sparks scrutiny of private prison giant Posted: June 3, 2025 | Last updated: June 3, 2025 The largest operator of for-profit prisons in the U.S. could be one of the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man in Bells, Tennessee, found a Tennessee Department ... s Office says they are working to determine how the inmate uniform ended up in the man’s shed.

An inmate death has been reported at the Shelby ... An investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is underway. This marks at least the 75th death in the facility since 2016.