Tennessee man faces execution for killing his wife and her 2 sons, 3 years after surprise reprieve
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A woman enters the area set up for those opposed to the death penalty outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the execution of Oscar Smith Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)Assistant Federal Public Defender Amy Harwell speaks outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of her client Oscar Smith, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)Anti-death penalty protesters demonstrate outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the execution of Oscar Smith Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)Terri Osborne, center, speaks as her brother, Mike Robirds, right, listens outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Oscar Smith Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. Osborne and Robirds are siblings of Judy Robirds, shown in the photograph at right, who was murdered, along with her sons, shown in the photograph at left, by Oscar Smith in 1989. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)William Floyd Burgess, who said he was the first person to enter the home after convicted killer Oscar Smith murdered his estranged wife and her two sons in 1989, stands outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the execution of Smith Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)Mike Robirds, left, speaks as his sister, Terri Osborne, right, listens outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Oscar Smith Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. Robirds and Osborne are siblings of Judy Robirds, shown in the photograph between them, who was murdered along with her sons by Oscar Smith in 1989. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows inmate Oscar Smith. (Tennessee Department of Correction via AP, File)John Lozier, an anti-death penalty protester, holds a sign making reference to Gov. Bill Lee as he stands outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the execution of Oscar Smith Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
A woman enters the area set up for those opposed to the death penalty outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the execution of Oscar Smith Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)