Bill Lee: “I want to see your budget doubled so that everybody can, first of all, be free of these diseases.”

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.

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

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