Tennessee prepares to execute Oscar Smith, 3 years after last-minute reprieve

[Mack The Finger]

Smith, 75, said he asked his family to stay away on Thursday and not witness his execution because “they don't need to see anything like that.” Smith was convicted of fatally stabbing and shooting his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons, Jason and Chad, 13 and 16, at their Nashville home on Oct. 1, 1989. A Davidson County jury sentenced him to death the following year.

Speaking about the execution, Smith said, "It sounds like we're going back to medieval times, to the gladiators. People want to see blood sports. “Why anyone wants to see anyone being killed, I don't understand it. We're supposed to be a civilized country.”

Tennessee prepares to execute Oscar Smith, 3 years after last-minute reprieve

Just over three years ago, Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise reprieve that revealed problems with the lethal injection drugs. Asked in a recent phone interview about coming so close to death in 2022, Smith declined to reflect very...

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[luiza]

“Why anyone wants to see anyone being killed, I don't understand it. We're supposed to be a civilized country.”

A murderer and a spoil sport .

Nothing more life affirming than watching scum breathe their last .
Smith tomorrow and hopefully the Evil and Insane Nutty Yahoo to quickly follow .

Could be a good TV programme .
Contestants compete , with the winner allowed to choose the manner of the victim's death .
Any grotesque ritual permitted but the Contest winner must personally carry out their own chosen death. method .

 

[Lisa558]

So this savage stabbed and shot to death his wife and two sons, and now he’s complaining that we’re not “civilized”?

 

[Scoutster]

Smith, 75, said he asked his family to stay away on Thursday and not witness his execution because “they don't need to see anything like that.” Smith was convicted of fatally stabbing and shooting his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons, Jason and Chad, 13 and 16, at their Nashville home on Oct. 1, 1989. A Davidson County jury sentenced him to death the following year.

Speaking about the execution, Smith said, "It sounds like we're going back to medieval times, to the gladiators. People want to see blood sports. “Why anyone wants to see anyone being killed, I don't understand it. We're supposed to be a civilized country.”

Tennessee prepares to execute Oscar Smith, 3 years after last-minute reprieve

Just over three years ago, Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise reprieve that revealed problems with the lethal injection drugs. Asked in a recent phone interview about coming so close to death in 2022, Smith declined to reflect very...

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Good riddance, will serve the world better as fertilizer than he ever did in death! I just realized I’m out of popcorn.

 

[JoeB131]

So this savage stabbed and shot to death his wife and two sons, and now he’s complaining that we’re not “civilized”?

How does killing him make us any better?

The man is 75 years old, and we are executing him for murders that happened 36 years ago.

 

[elektra]

How does killing him make us any better?

The man is 75 years old, and we are executing him for murders that happened 36 years ago.

It is called we prevent crimes by having a punishment so great most wont commit a crime.

Too bad we don't have a democrat president. This man should never of been put in jail

 

[Scoutster]

Is this lowlife piece of shit dead yet?

 

[JoeB131]

It is called we prevent crimes by having a punishment so great most wont commit a crime.

Too bad we don't have a democrat president. This man should never of been put in jail

Except there's no evidence that the Death Penalty is a deterrent.

Non- DP States have lower murder rates than DP states.

 

[martybegan]

So this savage stabbed and shot to death his wife and two sons, and now he’s complaining that we’re not “civilized”?

If anyone wants the definition of Chutzpah, this is it.

 

[martybegan]

How does killing him make us any better?

The man is 75 years old, and we are executing him for murders that happened 36 years ago.

You can't complain about his age when the reason it took this long is people against the death penalty throwing everything at the conviction and sentence they can.

 

[luiza]

Except there's no evidence that the Death Penalty is a deterrent.

Non- DP States have lower murder rates than DP states.

The penalty is death and death it therefore must be .
If that deters a few others , that is a bonus .

 

[JoeB131]

You can't complain about his age when the reason it took this long is people against the death penalty throwing everything at the conviction and sentence they can.

Sure you can.

The point was, TN wasn't that keen to execute the guy before now.

They didn't sign the first Warrent to execute him until 2020. That was delayed due to Trump Plague until 2022. By 2022, TN had serious questions about lethal injection, which is why he got another 3 years.

 

[JoeB131]

The penalty is death and death it therefore must be .
If that deters a few others , that is a bonus .

Except that locking him up in prison also deters him from murdering, and again, states that don't have the DP have lower homicide rates than the ones that do.

Countries that have abolished the DP have lower homicide rates than the US.

 

[martybegan]

Sure you can.

The point was, TN wasn't that keen to execute the guy before now.

They didn't sign the first Warrent to execute him until 2020. That was delayed due to Trump Plague until 2022. By 2022, TN had serious questions about lethal injection, which is why he got another 3 years.

No, you can't. When you intentionally gum up the works like DP opponents do you can't complain about how long it takes.

Part of their strategy is attrition.

 

[Polishprince]

How does killing him make us any better?

The man is 75 years old, and we are executing him for murders that happened 36 years ago.

Shows the efficiency of Liberal Lawyers in delaying justice or accomplishing anything in the country.

No reason why Mr. Smith couldn't have been hung within weeks after 12 angry men issued their verdict

 

[JoeB131]

No, you can't. When you intentionally gum up the works like DP opponents do you can't complain about how long it takes.

Part of their strategy is attrition.

It takes so long because we've had too many cases of innocent people being sent to death Row. At least 190 exonerated and 22 where cases were doubted after execution.

Too many corrupt cops, incompetent defense lawyers, lazy judges, and politically ambitious prosecutors to make this a viable option.

 

[martybegan]

It takes so long because we've had too many cases of innocent people being sent to death Row. At least 190 exonerated and 22 where cases were doubted after execution.

Too many corrupt cops, incompetent defense lawyers, lazy judges, and politically ambitious prosecutors to make this a viable option.

Sorry, but a case as clear cut as this doesn't hold up to your attempts at dismissal of the justice system.

How many of those numbers come from cases AFTER the 1990's, with the advent of DNA analysis and other modern forensics?

 

[JoeB131]

Sorry, but a case as clear cut as this doesn't hold up to your attempts at dismissal of the justice system.

How many of those numbers come from cases AFTER the 1990's, with the advent of DNA analysis and other modern forensics?

Is it that clear cut?

No witnesses.

The one weapon they were able to recover (an awl) had someone else's DNA on it. The other two weapons - a gun and a knife - were never found.

Yeah, the circumstantial evidence looks bad. He talked about killing his wife to coworkers, but who hasn't?

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

How does killing him make us any better?

The man is 75 years old, and we are executing him for murders that happened 36 years ago.

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The taxpayers no longer have to feed and house him.



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[martybegan]

Is it that clear cut?

No witnesses.

The one weapon they were able to recover (an awl) had someone else's DNA on it. The other two weapons - a gun and a knife - were never found.

Yeah, the circumstantial evidence looks bad. He talked about killing his wife to coworkers, but who hasn't?

It's called reasonable doubt, not "any doubt"

Sorry, but you are just going with the throw the spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks method.

But of course a narcissistic nihilist sociopath like you would have views like this.