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Nebraska Legislators Reject Cost Study in Tie Vote

By Steve Hall

"Nebraska lawmakers turn down death penalty study," is the title of JoAnne Young's report in today's Lincoln Journal Star.The Legislature split 22-22 Thursday on authorizing a $50,000 study of what it costs to have a death penalty in Nebraska, leaving the question of taxpayer costs unanswered for the time being.Senators opposing the idea expressed concerns that such a study could gather accurate numbers and information.A response to an inquiry on costs last year by Sens. Danielle Conrad and Jeremy Nordquist to Attorney General John Bruning said the attorney general's office had never tracked the expenditure of its funding on a case-by-case basis. It had never had a budget in which funds were specifically identified for capital punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 26, 2010 (boomark / email).