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JoAnne Young reports, "Death penalty debate to begin March 25," in the Lincoln Journal Star.State senators will begin debating on March 25 whether Nebraska should have a death penalty for certain first-degree murder cases.Since the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled a month ago that the state?s sole means of execution was unconstitutional, likening it to an archaic form of torture, the state has been without a way to carry out the death penalty.Now, said Sen. Brad Ashford, chairman of the Legislature?s Judiciary Committee, the state needs to think hard about whether it wants to continue to have the death penalty at all.The bill (LB1063), introduced by Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers, would substitute life in prison without the possibility of parole for the death penalty...continue to full post

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