(22 May 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nashville, Tennessee - 22 May 2025
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1. Wide of barbed wire gates at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Strada, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction:
"And today, May 22nd, 2025, by order of the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Department of Correction carried out the death sentence of Oscar Franklin Smith by means of lethal injection at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. Inmate Smith was pronounced dead at 1047 a.m."
3. Mid of a photo on display of Jason and Chad Burnett
4. Tight on a photo on display of Judith Smith
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Robirds, brother of Judith Smith:
"Oscar Frank Smith was tried and sentenced to the death penalty by the state of Tennessee after a jury's careful deliberation based on the brutality of the three murders that included two children. As the family of the victims, we believe that in the importance of accountability and the role of the judicial system that it plays in maintaining safety and order of our society. The sentence was not ours to determine, but we stand by the legal system that made the decision."
6. Wide of Terri Osborne and Mike Robirds, siblings of Judith Smith
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Terri Osborne, sister of Judith Smith:
"The pain of losing Judy, Chad, and Jason is something that we will continue to carry. It's not a moment that goes by that we don't miss them. I miss the sound of Judy's voice, I know my brother does as well, on the other end of the phone. We missed the excitement of planning Chad's driving lessons. And we missed the pure joy of hearing Jason's laughter."
8. Wide of a sign for protesters to stand near Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Travis Loller, The Associated Press, reading what Oscar Smith said before he was executed:
"And then speaking of the governor again, he said 'He's a damn fool if he doesn't realize there are more men waiting to die on Riverbend. I'm not the first, I'm gonna be the last."
10. Wide of posters of photos of Jason and Chad Burnett and Judith Smith
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Madeleine Nolan, reporter for Fox 17 News:
"And then they were kind of having a conversation, his spiritual advisor and Smith, and that's when he said twice, very faintly, 'I didn't kill her, I didn't kill her."
12. Tight on a protester holding a sign that says "Bill Lee could stop this unholy murder"
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Sampson, protester against the death penalty:
"What brought me out here today is when people are suffering, I don't believe they should suffer alone. And so I'm here to bear witness to what is happening today to Oscar Smith. I am here so that he's not alone, and we can see he's not alone."
14. Tight on a leather Bible cover made by inmate Oscar Smith
15. SOUNDBITE (English) William Burgess, Nashville resident on the execution of Oscar Smith:
"He lived too long. Waste of taxpayers' money. Waste of taxpayers' money.
(Reporter: Do you think this will help the remaining family members?)
I hope so. Well, it ain't gonna help them, but bring closure to them."
16. Zoom out on family of Judy Smith listening to a speaker
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Amy Harwell, assistant federal public defender and attorney for Oscar Smith:
18. Pan across to photos on display of Jason and Chad Burnett and Judith Smith
AP video by Kristin M. Hall
STORYLINE:
Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.
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