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Tennessee plans 1st COVID-19-era execution, more scheduled

Tennessee is set to execute its first inmate Thursday since the start of the pandemic

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Tennessee plans 1st COVID-19-era execution, more scheduled

Tennessee is set this week to execute its first inmate since the start of the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022

Tennessee death row inmate to be executed despite new DNA evidence of unidentified person on murder weapon

DNA and a fingerprint belonging to an unidentified person has been found on one of the murder weapons, according to Oscar Smith’s attorneys

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022

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Death row killer who says he never held murder weapon to die by lethal injection

Oscar Smith was sentenced to death in 1990 after he was found guilty of murdering Judith Robirds Smith, 35, and her teen sons from a previous marriage 16-year-old Chad Burnett and 13-year-old Jason Burnett inside a home in Nashville in 1989

Daily Mirror · Apr 20, 2022

Tennessee governor declines to intervene as execution looms

Tennessee’s governor says he won't intervene in the state's plans to execute an inmate convicted of killing his estranged wife and her sons decades ago

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022

Tennessee death row inmate seeks to halt execution next week over DNA evidence

Oscar Smith, 71, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on 21 April

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

Everything that's happened in the Will Smith v Chris Rock saga today

It all began with a joke

Wales Online · Mar 28, 2022

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Academy Awards issue statement after Will Smith hits Chris Rock in Oscars 2022

Will Smith apologised to the Academy after striking comedian Chris Rock across the face

Manchester Evening News · Mar 28, 2022

Will Smith hits Chris Rock on Oscars stage after joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada has previously opened up about her struggle with hair loss and alopecia

Wales Online · Mar 28, 2022

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