John Rose: “The fact that other countries made the same mistake does not excuse the bad policy choices that the Administration put…”

We have the death penalty in Tennessee, and we ought to let it proceed along the guidelines we have in place to dispense the punishment that, as a state, we’ve decided we should dispense in those circumstances where it’s justified.

Senator Blackburn is doing a disservice to the citizens of Tennessee by refusing to debate. We deserve a governor who doesn’t hide from the voters in their basement and who is not afraid to discuss the issues that are important to our…

I think it’s a lot to ask our teachers to follow the leadership of somebody who has never held chalk in the front of a classroom.

All of the weight of study on this question is that probably the most humane way to do an execution is through lethal injection.