Bill Lee: “It is critical that both governments immediately stop all cross-border attacks and return to diplomatic talks.”

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.

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

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.