Bill Lee: “Slavery was a government policy. The lack of civil rights was a government policy.”

There are a lot of questions. The people of our state deserve to have those questions answered.

I have ordered a pause on all executions for the remainder of the year.

It’s a tragedy, and it’s deeply disturbing that that has happened in this state. The people deserve better than that.

I hope that Tennessee governor Bill Lee’s decision to postpone the last execution scheduled for this year will give lawmakers time to consider the subject seriously.