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FROM MY PREVIOUS POST: Monday April 18, 2022:
Oscar Smith: Death Row Tennessee; Major Development: (Facing execution on April 21): His motion to reopen the case, based on the discovery of unknown DNA on a murder weapon, has been denied by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, The Nashville Tennessean (Reporter Kirsten Fiscus) reports..."He was convicted of the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judith Robirds Smith, and her two teenaged sons, 16-year-old Chad Burnett and 13-year-old Jason Burnett. Robirds Smith was shot in the neck then stabbed several times. Her eldest son was shot in the left eye and then in the upper chest and left torso. His younger brother was stabbed in the neck and abdomen. Police only found one of three murder weapons — an awl. Harwell appealed to the Davidson County Criminal Court seeking to reopen the case after the Serological Research Institute, a private forensics lab in California, found unknown DNA on the handle the awl. "After 32 years of adamantly asserting his innocence, Oscar Smith finally has proof that someone else murdered his family," Harwell wrote in a new release. "This new DNA evidence can and should be matched to the actual killer — who also left their fingerprints on the murder weapon — so that Mr. Smith may finally be exonerated.” All three victims and Smith were excluded as contributors to this unknown DNA, Harwell wrote in her motion to the state Supreme Court. When the Davidson County court denied the motion Monday, Harwell filed to the appeals court."
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog;
