Bill Lee: “If TDA operations cease, what do you anticipate will happen, first of all, to ongoing projects in sub-Saharan Africa?”

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

Carrying out a lawfully imposed sentence is among the State’s most serious responsibilities, and the people of Tennessee expect it to be done in a manner that is not only legal and constitutional, but is effective.

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.