Bill Lee: “I wanna see if there are any outstanding issues that I need to know about that or that our people in the city need to…”

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

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

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.

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