Tennessee Governor Temporarily Delays Execution of Convicted Killer Due to ‘Oversight’

Tennessee Governor Temporarily Delays Execution of Convicted Killer Due to ‘Oversight’
Tennessee death-row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith pictured in an undated photo. Tennessee Department of Correction/AP
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday issued a temporary reprieve to the execution of convicted killer Oscar Franklin Smith due to an “oversight in preparation for lethal injection.”

The state’s governor called off the execution just an hour before it was scheduled to go ahead at 7 p.m.

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