A man convicted of killing his estranged wife and her sons in 1989 is set to be executed Thursday after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee denied his request for clemency
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The governor declined to intervene in Oscar Smith's case Tuesday, setting the 72-year-old inmate up to be the first person executed in the state since the Covid-19 pandemic began."After thorough consideration of Oscar Smith's request for clemency and an extensive review of the case, the State of Tennessee's sentence will stand, and I will not be intervening," Lee said in a one-line statement announcing his decision.
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