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Nebraska Governor Signs Lethal Injection Bill

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That's the title of JoAnne Young's report for the Lincoln Journal Star.  LINKAfter 15 months of having no means to carry out its death penalty, Nebraska will soon be able to use lethal injection to execute prisoners convicted of capital crimes.Attorney General Jon Bruning said Thursday Carey Dean Moore, convicted in 1979 for the murders of Omaha taxi drivers Maynard Helgeland and Reuel Van Ness, could be the first put to death by the new method.He predicted that could happen in the next two years, as Moore has a couple of appeals remaining.Moore had an execution date set two years ago, but he was granted a stay until another inmate?s challenge of the constitutionality of the electric chair was resolved. The Nebraska Supreme Court last year declared Nebraska?s use of the electric chair unconstitutional...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).