Oscar Franklin Smith (born March 25, 1950[1]) is an American man convicted of capital murder in Tennessee and sentenced to death.
[3] One coworker stated that Smith threatened to kill Chad and Jason because he thought Judy treated them better than the twins.
[4] Later, Smith hired a fingerprint expert who called this evidence into question and claimed that the investigator made numerous errors and could not have definitively identified the print.
[7] In April 2022, Smith filed a motion to reopen his case due to new DNA evidence found on a murder weapon.
[12][13] On April 18, 2022, the Tennessee Supreme Court declined to hear Smith's appeal and denied his request to vacate his execution date.
[17] Governor Bill Lee issued the temporary reprieve and said, "Due to an oversight in preparation for lethal injection, the scheduled execution of Oscar Smith will not move forward tonight.
"[2] On May 2, 2022, Lee announced that on the day of Smith's scheduled execution he became aware that the proper procedure for preparing lethal injection had not been followed correctly.