Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-126: Advice as to pardons, exonerations and commutations

(a) It is the duty of the board to advise with and make recommendations to the governor with respect to pardons, exonerations and commutations. Any report received from the trial judge or district attorney general will be made a part of the file of the applicant.

(b) The board shall have the district attorney general and trial judge, in whose court the case was tried, notified of the hearing of applications for executive clemency.