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Nebraska effectively kills off executions

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Nebraska has effectively ended its the death penalty, as the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled the electric chair cruel and unusual. Nebraska was the only state in the U.S. to have the electric chair as its sole execution method. What this means is that in Nebraska people can still be sentenced to death but not executed. As of now there remains doubt as to whether there are enough votes in Omaha to change the new status quo. The opinion is here.

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).