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News Coverage of Nebraska Supreme Court Ruling

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In the Saturday New York Times, Adam Liptak reported, "Electrocution Is Banned in Last State to Rely on It."The electric chair is cruel and unusual punishment, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. The decision effectively suspended executions there, as Nebraska is the only state that still relies solely on electrocution, which was once the dominant form of execution in the United States. ?The evidence here shows that electrocution inflicts intense pain and agonizing suffering,? Justice William M. Connolly wrote for the majority in a 6-to-1 decision. The state?s attorney general, Jon Bruning, said he would ?move to the legislative process to get a new method of execution.? Working on a clean slate, Nebraska may opt for a form of lethal injection that does not rely on the combination of three chemicals that is the subject of a pending challenge in the United States Supreme Court...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 11, 2008 (boomark / email).