Bill Lee: “I am also concerned, consistently concerned that the African-American unemployment rate continues to be more than double…”

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

It’s exactly why we will have a thorough, comprehensive review of what happened, so that we can know the answers that so many people want.

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.

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