Bill Lee: “You are cutting $6,700,000 from the minority AIDS program.”

It’s a tragedy, and it’s deeply disturbing that that has happened in this state. The people deserve better than that.

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

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

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