Governor Bill Lee said he was working with the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Corrections to resume executions of death row inmates.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Governor Bill Lee said the states was working to resume executions, after an effective pause on the state’s death penalty has continued for more than two years.
He visited the L&N STEM Academy in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, where he spoke with students learning about cybersecurity, nuclear energy and technologically-focused skills. While speaking with reporters at the school, he also discussed the state’s work to resume executions of inmates on death row.
The state recently sent another person to death row — Sean Finnegan. He was convicted of torturing and killing a woman in Oak Ridge.
“I think it’s important that we move as quickly as we can, but take as long as we need to, to make sure we get …