Bill Lee: “I represent Las Vegas, Nevada. We have Creech and Nellis Air Force Base.”

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

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

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.

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