Tennessee will now retain former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton for control, according to Lee’s office. “Circumstances that led to the testing of lethal injectable chemicals only for potency and infertility, but not for endotoxins prepared for the April 21 execution.” • “Clarity of the lethal injection procedure manual last updated in 2018 and compliance with testing policies from the update”. Tennessee Penitentiary Department “Staff Pensions”. “An investigation by a reputable third party will ensure that any operational failures at the TDOC will be thoroughly addressed,” the governor said in a statement. “We will stop the planned executions by the end of 2022, in order to allow the review and corrective measures to be taken.” Tennessee, the oldest person to die in Tennessee, would be the first to be executed in the state since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. “I’m looking at every death penalty case and I think it’s the right punishment for heinous crimes,” Lee said Monday. “However, the death penalty is an extremely serious matter and I expect the Tennessee Department of Correctional Rights to leave no doubt that the proceedings are being followed properly.”
