Tennessee inmate’s execution paused again due to COVID-19

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court has hit pause again on a death row inmate’s scheduled execution because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an order Tuesday, the court’s justices wrote that Oscar Smith’s Feb. 4 execution will be stayed again pending the court’s further order “because of the multiple issues caused by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.” Smith had been scheduled to die last June for the 1989 slayings of his estranged wife, Judy