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Nebraska's New Lethal Injection Law

By Steve Hall

"Lethal injection challenge seen," is the title of By John Keenan's report in the Omaha World-Herald. Michael Nelson, attorney for Michael Ryan, the Rulo cult leader, addressed the Suburban Rotary Club Thursday on the subject of the death penalty.Ryan?s case is basically on hold since the state abolished use of the electric chair, he said.?In the last session of the Legislature, they passed an execution procedure -- death by lethal injection,? he said. ?That?s going to be challenged, there?s going to be years of challenges for that.?Eventually, he predicted, ?we?re going to start killing people with lethal injection in Nebraska.? <!-- displayAd(33, false, false, false, false); --> <!-- displayAd(33, false, false, false, false, true); --> Nelson said he has been insulted, ignored, and called ?an instrument of evil? in the course of his career defending death-row inmates...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 28, 2009 (boomark / email).