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A look at the status of US executions in 2025

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states during the remainder of 2025

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Tennessee sets execution dates for four inmates after nearly three-year pause

The Tennessee Supreme Court has set new execution dates for four inmates after a nearly three-year pause

The Independent UK

Tennessee has a new execution method, 2.5 years after last scheduled execution abruptly halted

More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith, the state has announced a new lethal injection method

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Two officials fired after damming report says state failed to test execution drugs

An independent report uncovered major errors in Tennessee's lethal injection protocols as multiple executions were carried out without testing the drugs used in the death penalty process

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Lee: Tennessee high court likely won't set executions soon

Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee’s Supreme Court will likely wait until the state finalizes changes to its lethal injection process before it schedules any future executions

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Report shines new light on execution secrecy in Tennessee

A blistering independent report on Tennessee’s lethal injection system has turned up years of communications showing a state determined to push forward with executing death row inmates despite major issues

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Teen completes 900-mile cycle to raise soil crisis awareness on World Soil Day

Oscar Smith was welcomed by members of the Save Soil campaign in Parliament Square, London.

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Teen completes 900-mile cycle to raise soil crisis awareness on World Soil Day

Oscar Smith was welcomed by a group of Save Soil protesters in Parliament Square, London.

The Independent UK

Teenager to cycle 900 miles across UK and Ireland to raise soil crisis awareness

He decided to do the challenge two weeks ago.

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High School Football Rewind: Watch this Virginia team’s goal line stand turned into a pick-six

Watch: The Oscar Smith high school team's defense scores a 100-yard touchdown vs. Great Bridge.

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Records: 2 people in execution knew drugs hadn’t been tested

Newly released records show at two least two people connected to a planned Tennessee execution that was abruptly put on hold April 21 knew the night before that the lethal injection drugs the state planned to use hadn’t undergone certain required testing

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Tenn. expects changes to lethal injection protocol, staffing

Tennessee officials say they anticipate that an independent investigation of the state’s lethal injection methods will result in changes to how those executions are carried out, including how the procedures are staffed

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Tennessee governor won't release records on execution error

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has refused to release records that could illuminate his decision to abruptly halt the execution of Oscar Smith last month

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Tennessee halts executions ahead of a review of lethal injections

Lethal injections will remain paused through the end of the year

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Tennessee pauses executions, will review lethal injections

Republican Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee will pause executions and conduct an independent review of a lethal injection testing oversight that forced him to call off the execution of Oscar Smith an hour before he was to die this month

The Independent UK

Attorneys want moratorium, probe after execution halted

After an undisclosed “oversight” forced Tennessee to abruptly cancel the execution of Oscar Smith last week, his attorneys are asking for a moratorium on executions and a review of the state’s execution protocols

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Governor to give details on canceled execution next week

Gov. Bill Lee's spokesperson says the Republican will release more details on Monday surrounding why he abruptly canceled the execution of Oscar Smith, delaying his previous plan to reveal the reasons this week

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Tennessee gov: No new details yet why he canceled execution

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is declining to provide any new information surrounding why they had to call off the state’s first execution since the pandemic began

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Tennessee governor calls off Oscar Smith execution, citing ‘oversight in preparation for lethal injection’

Execution was planned for night of 21 April

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Tennessee plans 1st COVID-19-era execution, more scheduled

Tennessee is set to execute its first inmate Thursday since the start of the pandemic

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Tennessee plans 1st COVID-19-era execution, more scheduled

Tennessee is set this week to execute its first inmate since the start of the coronavirus pandemic

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Tennessee death row inmate to be executed despite new DNA evidence of unidentified person on murder weapon

DNA and a fingerprint belonging to an unidentified person has been found on one of the murder weapons, according to Oscar Smith’s attorneys

Daily Mirror

Death row killer who says he never held murder weapon to die by lethal injection

Oscar Smith was sentenced to death in 1990 after he was found guilty of murdering Judith Robirds Smith, 35, and her teen sons from a previous marriage 16-year-old Chad Burnett and 13-year-old Jason Burnett inside a home in Nashville in 1989

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Tennessee governor declines to intervene as execution looms

Tennessee’s governor says he won't intervene in the state's plans to execute an inmate convicted of killing his estranged wife and her sons decades ago

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