TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 19, 2022

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced last Friday that the independent review into the state’s lethal injection procedure has been completed, but the findings will not be immediately released. According to the Associated Press, Lee promised that the review will be released before the end of the year. “I think it’s important that I get a chance to read the report and that we internalize it and absorb the information,” Lee said. Executions in Tennessee have been paused since May after reports surfaced that the state had failed to ensure its lethal injection drugs were properly tested. Lee appointed Memphis lawyer and former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton to review circumstances that led to the failure. Stanton was tasked with reviewing the clarity of the state’s lethal injection manual and looking at the Tennessee Department of Correction’s staffing.