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More on Nebraska's New Execution Chamber

By Steve Hall

"Lethal injection chamber unveiled," is the title of Paul Hammel's report in today's Omaha World-Herald. Condemned inmates will have a much shorter walk ? about six paces ? from a new, windowless holding cell to their death in Nebraska?s newly renovated execution chamber.That was among the changes evident Wednesday at the State Penitentiary as prison officials conducted a media tour of the state?s new execution facility.The changes were required when state lawmakers, in 2009, changed Nebraska?s method of execution from electrocution to lethal injection.Nebraska was the last state to use an electric chair, exclusively, for capital punishment. It but was forced to change when the State Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that electrocution was unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 08, 2010 (boomark / email).