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ARCHAIC DEATH MACHINERY ABOLISHED

ARCHAIC DEATH MACHINERY ABOLISHED ---- For immediate releaseACLU Nebraska and Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty heralded theNebraska Supreme Court's opinion issued today in State v. Mata, holdingthe electric chair is cruel and unusual and may not be used any longer.Amy Miller, Legal Director for ACLU Nebraska and Chair of NebraskansAgainst the Death Penalty, said, "Nebraska's electric chair was made in1919, and we're still using that same chair. In 1919, the world was verydifferent: women could not vote, people of color were denied virtuallyevery protection of law, union organizers were openly arrested and beaten,and child labor permeated American industry. We aren't still driving ModelT Fords, and we shouldn't be using any other machinery from the 19thCentury now in the 21st Century...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).