Judith Smith: Last News

Hopes are high that a new family will take flight at Salford Quays this year. After four years of campaigning by one woman a pair of peregrine falcons are to get a little help to breed.

Six sub-postmasters caught up in the Horizon computer system scandal may have been victims of miscarriages of justice, the Scottish Criminal Cases Review commission has ruled. The six, one of whom has since died and is represented posthumously, are now entitled to appeal against the convictions for crimes of dishonesty arising from their roles as sub postmasters (SPM) at Post Office Ltd (POL).

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.

Death Row in the USA has had his latest appeal rejected meaning he will be executed this week.Oscar Smith, 72, stabbed and shot his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons Jason and Chad Burnett, 13 and 16, at their Nashville home in 1989.The convict has always maintained his innocence and begged the Tennessee Supreme Court to reopen his case after an unknown person’s DNA was found on one of the murder weapons.However, the state ruled that the death row inmate had not provided any evidence he was innocent of the brutal murders, with a judge stating Smith’s guilt was extensive.In making their decision, the Tennessee judge referenced the repeated prior threats Smith had made to his family as well as a life insurance policy he had taken out for the three victims.When Smith is put to death by lethal injection on Thursday (April 21), he will become the first inmate to die in Tennessee since the Covid-19 pandemic.Smith is not the only convict who will be put to death in the states this month.Richard Bernard Moore, of South Carolina, who was found guilty of killing a shop assistant will be executed by a firing squad. It comes after a law passed last year, which allows electrocution to be the default execution method, offering prisoners the option to face three prison workers with rifles as an alternative.

A drone is to be flown above Salford Quays to pinpoint the best place to install a nesting tray for peregrine falcons. It is hoped the move will help a pair who have tried to breed since 2017 have a family.