Bill Lee: “I think one of the issues, there may be areas of low unemployment. But with people of color, you have high unemployment.”

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.

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

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.

We have really seen the airport board and commissioners just step right into one decision to the next to make sure that this happened.