HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday he believes his death penalty moratorium is on solid legal ground, despite court challenges by prosecutors including the state attorney general, and he warned against “a rush to judgment” on such an important issue before a bipartisan legislative panel issues its findings.

Wolf’s comments came after Attorney General Kathleen Kane, a fellow Democrat, asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to rule the moratorium is unconstitutional and to overturn it.

“I want to do what’s right,” Wolf said. “I think we owe it to ourselves, to future generations and to what’s right to see what that commission says and weigh the evidence.”

Kane’s request Monday that the state high court nullify the governor’s moratorium echoes arguments that Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams raised in his challenge of another capital case pending before the state’s high court, Wolf said.

Wolf imposed the moratorium in February, shortly after he took office, calling Pennsylvania’s capital punishment system error-prone and expensive. He said he would issue reprieves at least until he receives the overdue report by the panel that is examining the death penalty.

“The constitution is pretty clear that I have the right to grant reprieves,” the governor said. “That’s what I’ve done, so we’ll see how this goes.”

He has granted three reprieves so far, canceling scheduled executions for Terrance Williams of Philadelphia, Robert Diamond of Bucks County and Hubert Lester Michael of Cumberland County.