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Could Nebraska become the next state to repeal its death penalty?

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in local articles here and here, debate over the death penalty is heating up again in Nebraska.  Here are a few details from the news report:Term limits are forcing him out, but Ernie Chambers hopes to leave on a high note.  Once again he's trying to get rid of Nebraska's death penalty.  This time, he has some strong support....  A packed house heard Friday's hearing on Chambers' latest bill. Most who spoke out were against capital punishment. Curtis McCarty, against the death penalty says, "We make mistakes, we do put innocent people in jail, and we put them on death row." Curtis McCarty was sentenced to die in Oklahoma in 1982. McCarty says, "Confined 23 hours a day to this small cage with very little to do, no social contacts, little contact with family and visitors...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 03, 2008 (boomark / email).