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Another Look at Nebraska

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News Net Nebraska reports, "Legislature Begins Death Penalty Debate Tuesday."The ongoing dance between those for and against the death penalty will take another turn this week. On Tuesday the Legislature will begin debate on a bill introduced by long-time death penalty opponent Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha. The bill, LB 1063, is aimed at abolishing the death penalty and replacing it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In the past Chambers has blocked legislation that would introduce lethal injection as a method for execution in the state. Of the 38 states with capital punishment only Nebraska does not use lethal injection as a means of execution. The issue takes an air of urgency following a February ruling by the Nebraska Supreme Court that deemed execution by electrocution to be unconstitutional...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).