Oldest man in Tennessee on death row to face execution tonight
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- 72-year-old Oscar Smith is on death watch at Riverbend Maximum Security Institute.
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I just wish these punishments can happen right after the crime
If crime is on film, open and shut case. Without a shadow of a doubt guilty, then should be 30 days wait for execution ONLY!
Let them suffer for some years in a cell then kill them at the appointed time, a quick death is too easy of an escape for them.
Me too
Me to
They need a couple of years for the fear to set in good. But I'm with about it being crazy to keep them for decades.
Don’t care about the murderer, the victims matter!
Yeah a lot of people know the killers name but the victim's name gets forgotten. That's sad.
You got that right! I could careless about how the killers might suffer being executed!
As long as we're 100% sure they're guilty. I was very pro death penalty. I've been shocked.. Very shocked at how many people who have been proven NOT guilty by dna. Confessions means nothing.
they showed no mercy to there victims ,no remorse
@@trishaann1616 Yeah, the only bad thing about the death penalty is there has been cases where innocent people have lost their lives. That's why even though I believe someone should not be on death row for many years, they should still hold off for maybe 1 year, just to be safe. Once they know the person without any doubt did it, then they need to be executed.
Cruel and unusual but people don't seem to care about the cruel and unusual that their victims died under.
Yes they do and it’s awful that you say that.
Thank you.
This is true. And I'm pro death penalty but it needs to be carried out the right way. In the most humane way that you could execute someone. Otherwise we are no better than them. Torturing a person is not right. And it's not like Lethal injection or Electric chair for that matter is an "easy" way to die. Killing someone e.g (capital punishment) is killing someone. There's no way to sterilize that fact. Either way you choose is still a terrible way to die. It is a deterrent imo but those families will never get closure. I still believe in capital punishment but I don't agree with making people suffer
@@adelaidemarie
WHAT’S SO AWFUL ABOUT THE TRUTH?
@cheryl5994 It’s awful to some people because the truth is almost always inconvenient
Who cares which one is more humane?!!! We’re talking about KILLERS!!!
Right!!! Their victims i'm sure suffered their death!
I agree with you completely. Let's think about the terror his victims felt.
everyone is human and can feel pain if you were there you wouldn’t want to die painfully either
exactly: it should be exactly the same as that meted out to the murdered!!!
@@flex_morjens380 If these people were human they would not have done the things they did. Any one who kills in cold blood has no feelings. You've got to realize that. I understand that it's hard to believe not having any feelings. But these are monsters. I don't think they even feel pain. If they did, they would not have put their victims through suffering. And no, I would not want to die painfully either being executed. That's why I never murdered anyone to cause me to be on death row.
Frankly, when someones sentenced to death, they should get a week to get their affairs in order, then execute. Theres no reason for them to wait years and clog up living space. Convict them, cook them, and cover them.I think 5 a day would reduce prison population quickly and put the actual fear of committing a crime back in their minds. They arent afraid to go to jail again because nothing happens.
Well, some people have been saved from execution because evidence may resurface and come to light. Therefore, saving the person that was supposed to be executed. But, not everyone is innocent of course.
That is an excellent way to ensure even more innocent ppl being executed. That's why no.
‘Clog up living space’ … brilliant. You’re a genius
Do you know how many people are wrongly convicted and sent to prison???
@@Ubermensch201 I ONLY COMMENT ON WHAT I KNOW, and I know that the crooks used to be afraid of dieing on death row. Leave me be.
Why don't they just use Fentanyl? It's fast and effective and dirt cheap. I suspect some manufacturer is making an exorbitant profit on whatever drug cocktail it supplies to the state under a sweetheart no-bid contract. It would be interesting to know.
Actually they have a hard time getting the said cocktail especially because it's for executions 🧐
Too pleasurable
@@devor2313 More reason for "F".
sleeping pill and chest freezer.
Or just drop them in the ocean from an airplane from 34000 feet 😒
He’s given rights that he stole from his victims . Murders should lose the right to breathe
Who cares if it’s painful,it’s what they deserve!
Consider your soldiers captured in war , are they not a concern or reason to have standards about torture or murder
@@ZootZinBootZ Why are you comparing a cold blooded murder to soldiers that fight and die for our country? That's a sick comparison and a slap in the face to our military.
there's this little thing in the constitution about cruel and unusual punishment
@@africanfartingfrog what about the cruel and unusual punishment they did to the victims?
@@nogreatreset8506 I'm just telling you what's in the constitution. You'll have to get that part out of the constitution before you'll be allowed to inflict that kind of punishment
Being on death row since 89 is an insult alot of times the murderer out lives the victims familys
Yeah I’m not saying he’s innocent but you have an average of 4% of death row inmates innocent…. And this is a bigger gap but 2%-10% of inmates are statically innocent. That doesn’t sit right with me I’m not saying victims shouldn’t have closer or victims families but that numbers too high for me to feel comfortable I wouldn’t feel comfortable if 0.00000001% of death row is innocent someone is still be executed for another persons crime…..
They even get to choose a last meal. Do their victims get the same treatment? No. The victims are degraded to the highest degree. If there’s no real punishment for criminals it almost incentivizes criminal activity knowing they will be treated fairly and cushiony.
Who cares if they suffer. He have caused huge suffering to the family.
THE DEATH PENALTY IS ABOUT JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS, AND TO PUNISH THE OFFENDERS!
And HOPEFULLY to make PEOPLE THINK!!!
@@jpb1231000 it won’t
@@Mr.paint123 And if it WASN'T THERE???
It's a deterrent for me anyway....
IMAGINE if it was NOT an OPTION how BLOODY it could get!!!
@@jpb1231000 the death penalty is about
REVENGE and getting the last word
It’s a proven fact that the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime
( if it was Texas would be the safest state in the USA - and it is not )
@@Mr.paint123 If you MURDER, you GET DEAD...
EASY PEESY !!!
Why is there a such thing as "cruel & unusual"?? Esp for ppl who commit particularly heinous and unspeakable acts against their victims? I mean THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ACT OF PUNISHMENT ISN'T IT?
Why don't you change your "Ghetto Name" to BLACK and SENSIBLE!!!
EBONICS are part of THE PROBLEM!!!!
@@jpb1231000 whooooa🤣🤣🤣🤣
Is this a hillbilly tantrum🤔? Calm your gums Billy Bob.
Exactly
The victim's family have been waiting decades for justice. Thats ridiculous
Why is anyone concerned with a murder’s execution method.If the murderer were concerned about death they wouldn’t be on death row.
Double execution today
One in Texas, one In Tennessee
How long were they on death row
PPV and all proceeds go to victims family.
Last meal should be Bread and Water for these freakin animals!!! No mercy for such selfish people!!!
As a nurse who has worked with many many patients in induced comas, sedated for procedures, and with every one of the drugs used in executions all over the country... Lethal injections when done correctly are absolutely painless. The problem lies in not having appropriately trained and licensed medical professionals administering the drugs. Before anyone asks... Yes.
Actually anyone in the medical professional doesn't administer the injections a random volunteer C.O. DOES IT 🥴
@@devor2313 wym "actually" lml that's exactly what they said
Chlorine I find works great so does O2...
@@devor2313 Exactly. That's my point. The medications should be administered by someone who knows the correct way to administer the drugs. How quick, how long it takes for the desired affects, etc. If the prison system did that, they could completely take away the inmate's claims of cruel and unusual punishment, because of "excruciating pain". No more stays in order for the same old arguments to work through the courts. There would be no shortage of trained professional volunteers willing to do the job. These convicts are just working the system and the system falls for it nearly every time.
Food for thought.... If these drugs caused excruciating tortuous pain in everyone they were used on, surgeries in this country would have to stop. You can't be using these drugs to sedate citizens before surgery, if they cause excruciating tortuous pain every time they are used. Right?
@@CliftonBowers-pc2xu Chlorine I get, but O²? Unless you mean an air bubble. Air bubbles are not as deadly as most people think. It takes a lot of air, and it has to be injected in certain places. There are certain diagnostic test, that air injections are given as part of the testing.
I think a family member of the victim should be allowed to choose the type of execution they use...
Yeah I’m not saying he’s innocent but you have an average of 4% of death row inmates innocent…. And this is a bigger gap but 2%-10% of inmates are statically innocent. That doesn’t sit right with me I’m not saying victims shouldn’t have closer or victims families but that numbers too high for me to feel comfortable I wouldn’t feel comfortable if 0.00000001% of death row is innocent someone is still be executed for another persons crime…..
@@Mantis_Shrimp99 yet there are cut and dry cases of guilt these are the ones I am refering to.
@@Mantis_Shrimp99i agree w/u.
Now that would be interesting but sadly too many people say oh shame to these scumbags so then how many would go free.
on death row for 33 years??? why smh
how dare we have capital punishment on the books and, unreasonably, have it drag out the way we do--beyond unfair to the victim(s) and their families
Yeah I’m not saying he’s innocent but you have an average of 4% of death row inmates innocent…. And this is a bigger gap but 2%-10% of inmates are statically innocent. That doesn’t sit right with me I’m not saying victims shouldn’t have closer or victims families but that numbers too high for me to feel comfortable I wouldn’t feel comfortable if 0.00000001% of death row is innocent someone is still be executed for another persons crime…..
It's actually the attorneys and general legal system that causes the delay. While there's no law that says that somebody must be on death row for X amount of time, most executions take place 10+ years after sentencing. The defense attorney will look for exonerating evidence right up until the execution is carried out. They'll also have hearing after hearing trying to get the sentence changed to life in prison. Should new evidence be found, that requires a number of hearings. And then there's the psych evaluations. Many states have laws that say you cannot execute somebody who is deemed mentally incompetent to really know what they did. Lawyers will try to prove mental insanity. Great care is taken to make sure that the person being executed is 100% guilty, and they knew mentally what they were doing. And even then, it's estimated that between 2-5% of all the people executed were innocent.
An inmate in SC has chosen a firing squad .
I saw that. Seems to be the best option if you had to pick.
I’ll furnish the ammunition and the executioner. Won’t cost the taxpayers another dime. I will also pay for the burial.
Yeah, I think the firing squad is the only one that would be painless. I didn't know they even had that one anymore.
This needs to be done in England
Do you know why it was abolished in England? Because innocent people were hanged you idiot.
Yep ,Beheading ..
Sizzlin Santa
If the death penalty is meant to be a deterrent than executions should be televised. There should be an "Execution Channel" and perhaps it could be tied in to Draft Kings where you could wager on the outcome.
Pay per view and the victims get a nice chunk of the $.Nobody can complain..don't want to watch then don't pay to view.
Ya and rebuild the Coloseum
Back in the day they made it a public deterrent when they hung criminals....
Not only should it be televised but should be public. Get rid of the chair and lethal injection and I believe one state still uses gas chamber. All executions should be at the gallows by hanging
My husband owned video stores in the 80’s and 90’s. He had the Faces of Death videos for several years. The people who watched them were creepy nuts. The same as men who watch slasher films w/adult movies. U seriously can’t believe an execution channel would do anything to stop executions? It would appeal to freaks that like death.
They get more respect then the victim
Let’s get on with it
Why doesn’t the state require the prosecutor to witness it, then also require him or her to make a statement following the execution that doesn’t sound correct, appropriate or proper. Just being honest and just being themselves.
I believe a family member of the victim may witness it too🧐
Who's to say the prosecutor is still alive by the time these people are executed . . .
@@justmyopinion3764I agree. Hell it takes 30 years at times to execute them.
INTERESTING...the MURDERER gets More consideration than the murder VICTIM!!! Cruel and unusual punishment? YEAH FOR THE VICTIM(S) THAT WERE MURDERED...btw..THEY DIDN'T GET a last MEAL!!!
Execution was called off. I'm all for the death penalty but waiting until the last minute and then delaying the execution may be cruel and unusual. That's really getting in someone's head.
Good
How do you think the victim(s) feel right before they're inhumane death?
@@Joy-TheLazyCatLady what if they're innocent, do you know how many people are wrongfully sentenced in the US
@@sabre-ub3op yes, I do. I am actually on the fence about capital punishment for several reasons but that isn't the topic here. If the inmate is guilty beyond reasonable doubt then I don't see a reason to prolong the execution for years and years or jump through hoops for their comfort. The subject of this execution is guilty.
@@Joy-TheLazyCatLady ALL KILLERS need to be SHOT IN THE HEAD by Our Police Oficers BEFORE AREST
You take a life you should pay with giving up yours. No sympathy for these killer’s. There should be a set time limit for executions, two years tops in case of being wrongly convicted… two years to prove your innocence …then prepare to go straight to hell.
All of these death row inmates say that the last judgment is there on earth do you still one more judgment Remaining.
These guys kill and don't think about the consequences. If they don't care about the victims they don't even think of themselves. They think they walk away. No. If they get caught they may be killed. They made their own beds.
This is not OK …
I can see the delay being that it's in Nashville but that is a lot of our Tennessee tax money that went into pampering this murderer. I like the law out here in other places where many criminals don't make it to jail or court, southern justice is a good thing
Yeah I’m not saying he’s innocent but you have an average of 4% of death row inmates innocent…. And this is a bigger gap but 2%-10% of inmates are statically innocent. That doesn’t sit right with me I’m not saying victims shouldn’t have closer or victims families but that numbers too high for me to feel comfortable I wouldn’t feel comfortable if 0.00000001% of death row is innocent someone is still be executed for another persons crime…..
was it "sombre" when they committed their crimes?
How come they won't televise it on all net all channels? I want to know more!
What about the pain and suffering of the victims do they take that into account there's an old saying what's good for the goose is good for the gander
If they killed another person, they forfeit their right to life !
You know people don't ask for there life to be cut shot because there murders are waiting for the opportunity to kill But they get the death penalty and then they sit on death roll for 30 years WHY ,
They should have a new law... do not give the death penalty unless it will be carried out immediately. That would save a lot of time.
Hello who bys the last food for the person to eat even if they killed someone ells and what is the reason why please.
Their victims didn’t choose their last meals.
I got my popcorn ready.....
Fry him. I’m tired of seeing these poor old men in these pics. Let’s talk about what crime he committed to get on death roll
So is he gone yet? I heard South Carolina, I think, added firing squad. So they can choose that if they want. And one DRI has chosen it.
Just waiting on Dylan Roof turn
That will take DECADES to complete
Waiting for the child murderer Darius Sessoms to eat some lead.
They called it off apparently...
Good
I have no compassion towards these people on death row and if it was up to me they will die in pain and suffering and may be rotten in Hell for eternity , And on a better note at least we know these people will never commit these crimes again because justice has been served .👏👏👏. PS and don’t keep them in prison for years waiting far a appeal but have a time limit and after the appeal is lost then carry the sentence out …..🍷👍👏👏
I bet their victims would’ve liked to choose a $40 last meal.
Why let a virus stop an execution, especially of an old man, who has already lived too long for his crimes.
The people who are talking about the inmate are feeling pain when executed, they don't think about the victims of their crimes. They suffer from the pain that the inmates cause them.
This is wrong.
Thats so cruel?! Why they killed him?!
Food For Thought
Murder Is Murder . 2 WRONGS DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT !
Hello what is the reason why they can chose the last food too eat evem if they killed someone ells please.
Good riddance to bad rubbish
Speed it up!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Absolutely
Barbaric.Not justice, just revenge
They should ask em which 1 they want and then give em the 1 they don't want. The person they killed didn't have a choice
By law they have to give them at least 2 choices .
He's been death row since 1990!!!!
I been on it since 1993
See this chair See
The upper room!
72 year old man is the oldest man in all of Tennessee????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oldest on death row
Why should we care if the murder suffered when they did not care about their victims.
30 plus years waiting for execution? Nope. That’s not how it is meant to be. Though the fear is so many innocent men have gone to their deaths.
My biscuits are burning
Lmaooo fav movie
I think the injection might be more of a psychological nightmare with the getting tied down and the poking and failed IV.
It’s insane to me that this even exists in the world. Not that the convicted people don’t deserve it. Imagine this being your job as the one to start the procedure 😳
How r his victims family members doing???? Couldnt b remotely concerned about this killer
Oh dear!!!!!!
Guns or fentynal
I cant believe they killed Santa Claus
Why does a guy on Death Row need so many pencils in his pocket? I've taken thousands of sales and customer service calls at my job over the last year, and I have only used ONE pen. It finally ran out of ink. So, tell me again: Why does this guy need so many pencils?
The called it off
yes
Have a good day Oscar Smith.
Sad to see
Hello what is the reason why the person gets to choose there death sentince even if they have killed someone ells please.
I guess to give them a sense of dignity before they die.
Are right ok wing.
Go!
Why do we still have this discussing system
Pity they cannot do a 50 50 execution they can use both methods then .
I would like to know how these reporters feel after witnessing a exacution of a human?? Idk of I agree with the death of any person, I'm glad I don't have to decide this.some people deserve this though
Let him fry
The Jury and court decides guilt and punishment.
Good glad he paid for his crimes. Bye bye Felicia
We're discussing the last meal how ridiculous is this
Judy Robird Smith and her sons Chad Burnett and Jason Burnett were murdered in Nashville, Tennessee. Judy was shot in the neck and stabbed several times. Chad was shot in the left eye, upper chest, and left torso. Jason was stabbed in the neck and abdomen.
😢
In uk the condemned would be executed about three weeks after being convicted …you didn’t get a choice…hanging was the only option, consequently executioners like Albert Peirrepoint became very good at performing the task…less than ten seconds would elapse from entering the cell to the drop….no fuss, just professional efficiency
And what happens when they learn the person was wrongly convicted?? Bc im sorry but it has to have happened
The last meal should still be a prison meal or really no meal at all
Well look at the horrific crimes they committed,
Imagine having your final appeal for a new trial being denied by a judge, even though they found unknown DNA on one of the 3 murder weapons the police collected because you aren't black!
Ya? Just imagine that! STFU
Yeah buddy imagine that! Guess it sucks for him, he can explain his case with the True Creator in October because he's heading there.
@@peggysmith8467 that's exactly how I feel because at the end of the day whether he murdered them or not he was 100% directly involved! The son was recorded on the 911 call saying his name and yelling "no don't do it"! My point is the double standards that are more prevalent than ever are disgusting and yet the black community claims systemic racism which is 100% untrue!
@@mikejones6791 AMEN
I'm black and NEVER been to jail, no felonies, like mayonnaise and have a white wife and we have beautiful white and BLACK children. I don't blame the "system". I blame the people that are not upholding the morals of the system.
He got a reprieve until June. WTF?
Ain't this the same guy that they just recently found out that the DNA found on the murder weapon was not his and that information was never presented to the jury?
Yup. Same guy.
Only on 1 of the weapons. There was 3 weapons.
@@carrieanncancino5118 did any of them have his DNA on it??
@@carrieanncancino5118 One is enough.
Guilty should suffer as much or more than victim
cheapest most effective dispatching is a very strong sleeping pill and then helped into a chess freezer: totally and completely still and painless and clean: there you are: where are all the universities and clever medical peoples.
What a waste of food
I think we shouldn’t be so compassionate to people on death row who took lives and most in terrifying ways.
Wow
Weird, both commentators have the Same Haircut?? That's WOKE for ya
Gross
wow, they get to choose their last meal smdh!!! more tax dollars being used and abused 🤦🏽♂️
Best news for the entire public and the families of the victims!! I bet the news agencies will give this criminal more run than they ever gave the victim!! We should use electricity on all these clowns , no more last meals no more quarter