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Post by sweethang223344 on Feb 8, 2008 13:08:06 GMT -5
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Post by pumpkinpie on Feb 12, 2008 10:23:03 GMT -5
Nebraska Supreme Court Rules Electrocution Unconstitutional The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled on Friday, February 8, 2008, that electrocution is cruel and unusual punishment, outlawing the electric chair in the only state that still used it as its sole means of execution. In the landmark ruling, the court said the state legislature may vote to have a death penalty, just not one that offends rights under the state constitution. The evidence shows that electrocution inflicts "intense pain and agonizing suffering," it said. "Condemned prisoners must not be tortured to death, regardless of their crimes," Judge William Connolly wrote in the 6-1 opinion. www.deathpenaltyinfo.orgWell good, no more electric chair in Nebraska! |
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Post by andie on Feb 12, 2008 15:19:22 GMT -5
Did Nebraska have a choice between chair or lethal injection? Nebraska Supreme Court Rules Electrocution Unconstitutional The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled on Friday, February 8, 2008, that electrocution is cruel and unusual punishment, outlawing the electric chair in the only state that still used it as its sole means of execution. In the landmark ruling, the court said the state legislature may vote to have a death penalty, just not one that offends rights under the state constitution. The evidence shows that electrocution inflicts "intense pain and agonizing suffering," it said. "Condemned prisoners must not be tortured to death, regardless of their crimes," Judge William Connolly wrote in the 6-1 opinion. www.deathpenaltyinfo.orgWell good, no more electric chair in Nebraska! |
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Post by pumpkinpie on Feb 13, 2008 22:28:33 GMT -5
Did Nebraska have a choice between chair or lethal injection? Nebraska Supreme Court Rules Electrocution Unconstitutional The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled on Friday, February 8, 2008, that electrocution is cruel and unusual punishment, outlawing the electric chair in the only state that still used it as its sole means of execution. In the landmark ruling, the court said the state legislature may vote to have a death penalty, just not one that offends rights under the state constitution. The evidence shows that electrocution inflicts "intense pain and agonizing suffering," it said. "Condemned prisoners must not be tortured to death, regardless of their crimes," Judge William Connolly wrote in the 6-1 opinion. www.deathpenaltyinfo.orgWell good, no more electric chair in Nebraska! No, the only choice in Nebraska was the chair. |
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Post by pumpkinpie on Feb 14, 2008 16:07:10 GMT -5
NEBRASKA EDITORIAL: Instead of a new means of capital punishment, the Legislature should get rid of it Days after the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the electric chair was unconstitutional, a Lincoln Journal Star editorial urged the state to reconsider the death penalty: "Instead of rushing to pass a new means of capital punishment, the Legislature should take this opportunity to finally get rid of the death penalty." Nebraska was the only state to retain the electric chair as its sole means of execution. The paper noted that it was the right time to take a broader look at the death penalty. "With the advent of more DNA testing, errors in sending people to death row were shown to be far more frequent than most people believed." Hence, the paper concluded, "the time is ripe to abolish capital punishment in the state.” The editorial noted that according to a poll by Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty, 51% of Nebraskans favor a repeal of the death penalty if it is replaced with a sentence of life without parole and restitution to the victim’s estate. Last year, a bill that would allow for life in prison or life in prison without the possibility of parole as a sentence for first-degree murder, introduced by Sen. Ernie Chambers, failed by only one vote. The last execution to take place in Nebraska occurred in 1997. (“Abolish the death penalty in Nebraska,” Lincoln Journal Star, February 10, 2008). See Editorials. www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=2621&scid=64 |
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Post by janet on Feb 16, 2008 9:49:00 GMT -5
The last Bill in the Nebraska legislative body brought to banish the Death Penalty was defeated by only one vote. So, it's appearing somewhat hopeful toward its' abolition.
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Post by michaelstoker78 on Feb 17, 2008 10:30:15 GMT -5
Whether this decision will lead to abolition of the dp in Nebraska remains to be seen. However, it would be an intelligent step to stop the endless debate once and for all. If Nebraska only had the dp in theory over the last 10 years then it seems natural that it won´t be the end of the world if it is erased from the books as well. My personal guess is that at the end of the next decade there will only be Texas sticking to capital punishment in the USA. Strangely enough they never learn...  |
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Post by pumpkinpie on Feb 18, 2008 22:54:55 GMT -5
Whether this decision will lead to abolition of the dp in Nebraska remains to be seen. However, it would be an intelligent step to stop the endless debate once and for all. If Nebraska only had the dp in theory over the last 10 years then it seems natural that it won´t be the end of the world if it is erased from the books as well. My personal guess is that at the end of the next decade there will only be Texas sticking to capital punishment in the USA. Strangely enough they never learn... I was thinking pretty much the same thing. I'm thinking that in my life time, I will see a day when the death penalty is abolished. |
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Post by andie on Feb 21, 2008 14:55:04 GMT -5
Well if the only choice was the chair, and now the chair is gone, it does make sense just for the state to abolish the dp. Your probably right about having the Dp at least in the USA abolished in your life time, however it's a shame that we won't see people abolishing murder.
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