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"Lethal injection bill advances to full Legislature," is Paul Hammel's report for the Omaha World-Herald.A vote Thursday morning sets the stage for debate on one of this year?s most controversial legislative issues -- whether to switch the state?s method of execution to lethal injection. The Legislature?s Judiciary Committee voted 6-1 to advance the lethal injection bill to the full Legislature for debate. The action came almost a month after the committee had refused to endorse the measure, Legislative Bill 36. Omaha Sen. Brad Ashford, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said the death penalty is the most serious issue that is debated at the Capito. He said committee members wanted to make sure that all issues had been considered before the bill moved forward...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).