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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A group that wants to put Nebraska's death penalty on the 2016 ballot has hired a consultant to help circulate petitions before an…
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A ballot campaign to preserve Nebraska's death penalty will be led by an Omaha state lawmaker and the state treasurer.Sen. Beau McCoy…
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Death penalty supporters have announced a new referendum campaign to place the issue before voters following last week's legislative…
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A UNO political scientist says the Unicameral’s vote Wednesday abolishing the death penalty in Nebraska is “hugely significant.”Lawmakers voted 30-19 to…
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Attorney General Doug Peterson says he’ll seek a court order to resolve whether the state can carry out the sentences of Nebraska’s 10 death row inmates.A…
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Nebraska will now be the 19th state in the U.S. without the death penalty.Lawmakers voted this afternoon 30-19 to override Governor Pete Ricketts’ veto of…
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LINCOLN-- State senators will be faced with yet another historic vote Wednesday afternoon: whether or not to uphold their original vote on LB 268 and…
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has vetoed a bill to abolish the death penalty in the traditionally conservative state, sending it back…
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Governor Pete Ricketts says he’ll veto bills to repeal Nebraska’s death penalty and end mandatory minimum sentences for some crimes.The Nebraska…
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An effort to repeal the death penalty in Nebraska has cleared another critical vote in the Legislature.Lawmakers voted 30-16 on…