Bill Lee: “Despite overwhelming public support, we have really been unable to act on something as noncontroversial as background…”

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.

There are a lot of questions.

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.