Bill Lee: “It’s unclear how those will be distributed among states in the running for the project.”

I will seek an independent investigation and pause all executions for the rest of 2026.

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

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

So far as we know, the Department of Correction followed exactly the protocol that was outlined and vetted and approved by the attorney general’s office.