Bill Lee: “If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately.”

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.

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

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.

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