Bill Lee: “These are real lives, and civil rights is extremely important.”

I have ordered a pause on all executions for the remainder of the year.

It’s a tragedy, and it’s deeply disturbing that that has happened in this state. The people deserve better than that.

There are a lot of questions. The people of our state deserve to have those questions answered.

It’s exactly why we will have a thorough, comprehensive review of what happened, so that we can know the answers that so many people want.