June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

Tennessee death row prisoner Byron Black has filed a motion to deactivate his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) at ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction served Smith his last meal at 5:30 p.m. May 21, according to spokesperson Dorinda Carter. Smith has been on death watch in a cell next to the execution ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction served Smith his last meal at 5:30 p.m. May 21, according to spokesperson Dorinda Carter. Smith has been on death watch in a cell next to the execution ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

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 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.

Death watch is the two-day period before an execution when a death row inmate is placed under 24-hour observation and stricter rules. Smith's execution is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on May 22.

Tennessee death row inmates are asking a Davidson County court to require the state's Department of Correction to reveal its sources for the drugs used for lethal injection.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As Tennessee is set to carry out its first execution under the state’s new death penalty protocol this month, some death row inmates say the firing squad would be ...

Kelley Henry, a supervisory assistant federal public defender who represents many people on Tennessee’s death row, said she’s seen some invoices in the past, but never one as high as $525,000.

Kelley Henry, a supervisory assistant federal public defender who represents many people on Tennessee’s death row, said she’s seen some invoices in the past, but never one as high as $525,000.