Bill Lee: “It is very important that the U.N. continue its involvement and the United States.”

I will seek an independent investigation and pause all executions for the rest of 2026.

The people of Tennessee have determined that the death penalty is the appropriate penalty for the most heinous crimes in the state.

The people of our state deserve to have those questions answered. And that’s what this investigation’s for.

So far as we know, the Department of Correction followed exactly the protocol that was outlined and vetted and approved by the attorney general’s office.