Bill Lee: “It is still mind-boggling to think we have a literacy problem in America.”

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

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

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