Nebraskans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NADP), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization comprised of individuals and partner organizations across the state, seeks a motivated Development Coordinator to assist in our endeavor to repeal the death penalty in Nebraska....

Nebraska is no stranger to efforts to increase transparency surrounding the death penalty. Most recently, both the drugs involved and the actual execution of Carey Dean Moore were shrouded in secrecy. Nebraskans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty firmly agrees with...

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NADP is currently in a time of transition, as our operations coordinator Matt Maly has moved on to pursue other endeavors. We are incredibly grateful for the work Matt has done for NADP and for his tireless advocacy on behalf of ending the de...

Nebraska's first execution in over 20 years is only two weeks away and we wanted to make you aware of some key opportunities to speak out against this wasteful, secretive and careless Government overreach.

The daily vigils in front of the governor's mansion have been...

Yesterday, the Nebraska Supreme Court set an execution date for Carey Dean Moore - Nebraska's longest-serving death row inmate. The execution by lethal injection has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 14th though no time has yet been announced.

Mr. Moore was most-recent...

Last week, the chair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee - Sen. Laura Ebke of Crete - asked Department of Corrections Director Scott Frakes to appear before the committee to be questioned as a part of the investigation into the validity of the department’s new let...

Last week, Attorney General Doug Peterson filed a request with the Nebraska Supreme Court to issue an execution warrant to Carey Dean Moore. They have yet to do so, in part because Mr. Moore actually has a pending request for pardon. The pardons board, which is made up...

Yesterday, Attorney General Doug Peterson requested an execution warrant from the state supreme court for Carey Dean Moore - Nebraska’s longest serving death row inmate. Should a warrant be granted, an execution date would be set within 60 days. This is disappointing n...

One of the many flaws of our death penalty system is that there always seems to be something that has to be figured out in the courts - whether that's the validity of the initial trial, the qualifiedness of the public defender who was appointed to the case, the constit...

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services announced last Friday that they have obtained four drugs that they plan to use in the lethal injection of Jose Sandoval. Included in the news release was a copy of the letter to Sandoval listing the order and dosages of...