Amid talk of public execution, public opinion on death penalty is split

U.S. public sentiment about the death penalty has come to the forefront after President Trump gave his blessing, then backtracked, to livestreaming an execution via firing squad .

That planned execution comes after two botched Tennessee lethal injections this year , where the state struggled to find veins to administer death-inducing drugs to Christa Pike and Tony Carruthers.

Speaking at a press conference a day after Pike's failed execution, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Tennesseans were disappointed about what happened.

"The people of Tennessee have determined that the death penalty is an appropriate penalty for the most heinous crimes in this state," he said. "The people of Tennessee make that decision and my job is to make sure that those sentences are carried out."