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Oscar Franklin Smith (born March 25, 1950 [1]) is an American man convicted of capital murder in Tennessee and sentenced to death. [1] Smith was scheduled to be executed on April 21, 2022, however, his execution was temporarily reprieved by Governor Bill Lee due to an oversight in the preparation for lethal injection.
He attended the Blount County Sheriff's Office Regional Law Enforcement Academy and graduated in October 2020. Blount County Sheriff's Deputy Greg McCowan was shot and killed Feb. 8, 2024.
A total of 96 SROs from across the state have completed the mandatory 40 hours training so far this year. Tennessee's SRO training participation increases with new state funding Skip to main content
Murder in Tennessee law constitutes the unlawful killing, under circumstances defined by law, of people within or under the jurisdiction of the U.S. state of Tennessee.. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the year 2021, the state had a murder rate somewhat above the median for the entire country.
Death-row inmates who committed their capital crime when the electric chair was still the official execution method are permitted to choose between the two methods. [3] Holton was the first person to be executed by electrocution in Tennessee in 47 years. Moments before his execution, prison warden Ricky Bell asked Holton if he had any final words.
TN Executions. Tennessee Department of Correction. Retrieved on 2023-10-25. 'I did not kill them' condemned man says. The Tennessean, February 3, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-02-04. 'I commend my life into your hands' Tenn. inmate sings hymns as execution is carried out. Fox 17 Nashville. Retrieved on 2019-05-17.
In 2010, 356 people were murdered in the U.S. state of Tennessee.In 2009 and 2010, Tennessee had the highest rate of violent gun crime of any US state, although less than that of Washington D.C. Tennessee ranked highest in the nation for the rate of aggravated assaults with a firearm, and ranked fifth-worst in robberies.
Paul Dennis Reid Jr. (November 12, 1957 – November 1, 2013 [1]), known as The Fast Food Killer, [2] was an American serial killer, convicted and sentenced to death for seven murders during three fast-food restaurant robberies in Metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee and Clarksville, Tennessee between the months of February and April 1997.