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Good job, Nebraska! I think I'll have some celebratory corn tonight.
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RE: Good job, Nebraska! I think I'll have some celebratory corn tonight.
{repost from republicunt thread}

Reasons for the change in the Nebraska death penalty are somewhat diffuse, my take is there are quite a few factors;

expense of the appeals process

decades long appeals process

'messy' protests against penalty on the few occasions they have managed to schedule one

unfairness in regards to some really nasty perps not getting even close to an execution date

PO the governor (maybe) he vetoed the bill and it was over ridden, so he may not be that popular in the unicameral

State Senator Ernie Chambers has been working on this for decades, rest of legislators were fatigued from efforts to defend it

ACLU and churchy folks united to apply pressure, some shaming might have worked

what's the difference between having death penalty without an execution since '97, and not having a death penalty ?

death penalty debate was distracting legislature from their true calling; raising taxes and pissing money down rat holes

old age and suicide seemed to be the biggest threats to life and limb on death row
 The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it. 




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RE: Good job, Nebraska! I think I'll have some celebratory corn tonight. - by vorlon13 - May 28, 2015 at 10:43 am

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