Bill Lee: “I am equally as committed to the promotion of human rights everywhere in the world, just as my colleagues are.”

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

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.

There are a lot of questions. The people of our state deserve to have those questions answered.

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