The family of a Tennessee man on death row called on Republican Gov. Bill Lee to reexamine the case for a potential pardon at a press conference Friday.
“I’m just begging you, Governor Lee, all we are asking is to just sit down and look at Gary’s case,” Carolyn Miller, a part of the group “Justice for Gary Wayne Sutton,” said.
Gary Wayne Sutton was convicted for the 1992 murders of siblings Tommy Griffin and Connie Branam in Blount County, located south of Knoxville. Sutton has maintained his innocence in the case and advocates for him have argued that the case against Sutton was flawed …