Bill Lee: “How do you make sure--and you are going to make sure the black and brown people are on the infrastructure projects?”

The people of our state deserve to have those questions answered. And that’s what this investigation’s for.

I will seek an independent investigation and pause all executions for the rest of 2026.

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.

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