Bill Lee: “I am glad to see a shift finally from locking people up, you know, because they use drugs, or deal drugs, to finding…”

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.

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

There are a lot of questions.

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