Bill Lee: “I don't think that is what the HBCUs have requested.”

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

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.

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.