The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row ...

Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Smith died by lethal injection Thursday for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.

The sentencing in Skahan’s court, however, was appealed. The Tennessee Supreme Court ultimately agreed that Payne’s life ...

The attorney of convicted killer Pervis Payne is reacting to the Tennessee Supreme Court’s recent ruling for her client. The Court ruled that his life sentences will ...

Killer, who spent over 30 years on Tennessee's death row, was executed for the murders of his estranged wife and her two sons.

Oscar Franklin Smith is set to be executed by lethal injection for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife, 35-year-old Judith ...

Harlan County, Kentucky, had a drug overdose rate two times the national average. Through funding and community programs, those rates are declining.

Tennessee death row inmate Oscar Smith, who was granted a temporary reprieve three years ago, died by lethal injection Thursday for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her ...

Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed ... Christina Isbell was among the death penalty opponents who protested outside the prison. Her downtown Nashville church, Christ Church Cathedral ...