Republicunts Every Where You Look But Still

[vorlon13]

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

[Minimalist]

Maybe so. But no more than Hillary has been. That's a major issue with Hillary. She's phony as hell.

I don't think you understand the 'Murrican political system at all.

H. L. Mencken did.

"The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth."

[SteelCurtain]

Hence my original point.

[vorlon13]

Might not be over yet.

Petition drive is gearing up to allow vote on reinstating the death penalty.

Also, quite a few 'poobahs' are coming out of the wood work wanting a referendum.

57,000 signatures needed by the end of August to get on the ballot.

Don't know how serious this is, but might be an investigation into using heroin for execution drug.

Might be a recall of some state legislators too, one in particular ran on a specific 'keep the death penalty' platform in his last election, and he did not vote accordingly. There's also some 'taint' if you will, about special interests and lobbyists having too much sway on the issue, the rationale being there seems to be wide support for keeping the death penalty everywhere in Nebraska, except for the unicameral.

(Nebraska only has a state senate, apparently all the other states have a 2 body legislature)