NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Tennessee Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Oscar Smith indefinitely due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state.
Smith was originally scheduled to be executed last summer but the court rescheduled the date for February 4 due to the pandemic. The court's most recent order stays his execution but does not set a new date.
He was convicted and sentenced to die for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife and her two sons by a previous marriage.
