Bill Lee: “We need to put some checks on this bloated increase and go back to the drawing board.”

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

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

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

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