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Re: Nebraska Abolishes Death Penalty as Lawmakers Override Veto

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 28 May 15 2:40 AM | 82 view(s)
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awesome. capital-punishment-worthy crime is vile and terrible, but that doesn't mean the state is right to kill people.

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Nebraska Abolishes Death Penalty as Lawmakers Override Veto
By: clo in ALEA
Thu, 28 May 15 2:26 AM 		Msg. 16935 of 54959

This is historic!
Keep in mind this is basically a republican conservative state, the governor has an order into India to get the lethal drug needed, as his legislative branch 'killed it'!!

Nebraska Abolishes Death Penalty as Lawmakers Override Veto

Nebraska on Wednesday became the first conservative state in more than 40 years to abolish the death penalty, with lawmakers defying their Republican governor, Pete Ricketts, a staunch supporter of capital punishment who had lobbied vigorously against banning it.

By a 30 to 19 vote that cut across party lines, the Legislature overrode the governor’s veto on Tuesday of a bill repealing the state’s death penalty law. The measure garnered just enough votes to overcome the veto.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/us/nebraska-abolishes-death-penalty.html?emc=edit_na_20150527

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