Jason Burnett: Last News

Death Row resident will live to while away another day after his lethal injection appointment was botched at the last minute yesterday (April 21).And now his lawyers are demanding an immediate investigation into the cocktail of drugs set to be used which they assert would have 'tortured' their client. Triple killer Oscar Smith was set to die for murdering his estranged wife Judith Smith and her sons Jason Burnett, 13, and Chad Burnett, 16, inside their home in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, on October 1, 1989 but was saved at the last minute.According to Governor Bill Lee, Smith's reprieve was "due to an oversight in preparation for lethal injection."He continued: "I am granting a temporary reprieve while we address Tennessee Department of Correction protocol.

Death Row triple murderer has been delayed due at "an oversight in preparation for lethal injection". Oscar Smith was convicted of killing his estranged wife Judith Smith and her sons Jason Burnett, 13, and Chad Burnett, 16, inside their home in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, on October 1, 1989.