Oscar Franklin Smith was executed by lethal injection on May 22, marking Tennessee's first execution in over four years, with the 75-year-old inmate using his final words to condemn the justice system and criticize Gov. Bill Lee.
Smith was convicted in 1990 for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judy Robirds Smith, and her two teenage sons, Chad and Jason Burnett, in Nashville, according to the Tennessean. Prosecutors said he shot and stabbed the victims in their home during a period of separation from his wife.
