TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 10, 2020

Attorneys for Oscar Smith, who is scheduled to be executed on June 4, filed a supplement Wednesday to a motion for a stay of execution originally filed on March 18. The team argued in the original motion that it was unsafe to bring witnesses, lawyers and others into the prison, possibly exposing them to COVID-19. It also said the virus was hindering the ability of Smith’s attorneys to represent him. The supplement argues that Smith’s need for a stay has only intensified as virus cases have ballooned in the last three weeks and that current protocols do not address carrying out executions in a pandemic. See all filings in the case.