With his legal options exhausted, Burns builds a church on death row
Pastor Kevin Burns (left) is ordained at a prison ceremony in 2018 by Franklin Pastor Kevin Riggs
Kevin Burns’ lawyer Richard Tennent
Oscar Franklin “Frank” Smith was scheduled to be executed by the state of Tennessee at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 21. Today, Smith is still alive.
Franklin Community Church senior pastor Dr. Kevin Riggs poses inside the Williamson County Homeless Alliance office with a print of a painting…
Anti-death-penalty protesters march through West Nashville on Easter Sunday ahead of the scheduled April 21 execution date for Oscar Franklin Smith
Anti-death-penalty protesters pray outside Riverbend on April 21, moments after the execution of Oscar Franklin Smith is suddenly and temporar…
A Franklin company that was at the center of public outcry for a controversial contract with the State of Alabama has now terminated its busin…
