NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Gov. Bill Lee will not be intervening in the execution of Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols , he said Tuesday.

Nichols, convicted of the 1988 rape and murder of a Chattanooga State University student, Karen Pulley, was sentenced to death in 1990.

“After deliberate consideration of Harold Wayne Nichols’ request for clemency, and after a thorough review of the case, I am upholding the sentence of the State of Tennessee and do not plan to intervene,” Lee said.

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Nichols’ attorneys had asked the governor to change his sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The attorneys said they’re “deeply saddened and gravely disappointed” in Lee’s decision.

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