Post-Election Roundup
As the dust continues to settle from the November 3rd general election two weeks ago, some new realities are starting to come into focus....
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Alex M. Houchin
- Aug 19, 2020
- 6 min
Ricketts Veto Matches Pattern of Contempt for Execution Transparency, Government Accountability
Mere days after the fractious 106th Nebraska Legislature wrapped up and adjourned for the year, Governor Pete Ricketts vetoed a number of...
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Alex M. Houchin
- Jul 27, 2020
- 2 min
Last Words of Dustin Honken
Dustin Honken was executed by the federal government on the afternoon of Friday, July 17, the third such killing in a long and...
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Alex M. Houchin
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
More Sunlight: 2018 Moore Execution Cocktail Source Revealed
On August 14, 2018, the state of Nebraska used an untested cocktail of drugs to execute Carey Dean Moore, who had spent over 38 years on...
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Alex M. Houchin
- Jun 22, 2020
- 4 min
Federal Government to Resume Executions
In a statement released June 15, United States Attorney General William P. Barr announced that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has begun...
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Alex M. Houchin
- Apr 18, 2020
- 2 min
Execution Drugs Could Save Lives Instead
Drugs being stockpiled by states for use in execution protocols could instead be used to save lives in the battle against COVID-19, the...
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Alex M. Houchin
- Mar 13, 2020
- 2 min
Alabama Executes Nathaniel Woods Despite Outcry
On a recent Thursday, Nathaniel Woods took a single bite of a chicken leg quarter, then placed it back on his plate. The rest of the...
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Matt Maly
- Jul 31, 2018
- 2 min
The Time to Speak Out Against Executions is Now
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...
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Matt Maly
- Jul 6, 2018
- 1 min
Execution Date Scheduled
Yesterday, the Nebraska Supreme Court set an execution date for Carey Dean Moore, Nebraska's longest-serving death row inmate. The...
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Matt Maly
- May 2, 2018
- 1 min
What are they Hiding?
Last week, the chair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, Sen. Laura Ebke of Crete, asked Department of Corrections Director Scott...
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Matt Maly
- Apr 13, 2018
- 2 min
Action Alert: Pardons Board Meeting
Last week, Attorney General Doug Peterson filed a request with the Nebraska Supreme Court to issue an execution warrant to Carey Dean...
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Matt Maly
- Apr 4, 2018
- 2 min
Execution Warrant Requested; Multiple Lethal Injection Challenges Remain
Yesterday, Attorney General Doug Peterson requested an execution warrant from the state supreme court for Carey Dean Moore, Nebraska’s...
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Matt Maly
- Dec 4, 2017
- 3 min
Lawsuits, Lawsuits, Lawsuits...
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 -...
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Matt Maly
- Nov 15, 2017
- 2 min
Department of Corrections Announces Experimental Lethal Injection Drugs
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services announced last Friday that they have obtained four drugs that they plan to use in the...
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Matt Maly
- Oct 24, 2017
- 1 min
New Report from Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty
Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty has released a new study about the conservative impact on death penalty repeal...
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Steve Griffith
- Nov 30, 2016
- 1 min
New Proposal Would Conceal Execution Protocol
Today the Nebraska Department of Corrections announced a public hearing on a proposal to change the execution protocols in Nebraska. Our...
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Steve Griffith
- Oct 25, 2016
- 1 min
Beatrice 6 Victim Speaks out Against the Death Penalty
JoAnn Taylor, who spent nearly 20 years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit, was joined by two attorneys today to share her story and...
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Steve Griffith
- Sep 29, 2015
- 1 min
Could we Execute an Innocent Man in 2015?
Richard Glossip is the Oklahoma death row inmate who was scheduled to be executed September 16th, but received a last minute stay due to...
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Steve Griffith
- Sep 29, 2015
- 1 min
$50,000+ Shipment of Illegal Drugs Held Back in India
This Buzzfeed story has the latest in the ongoing saga over attempts to illegally import executions drugs into our state: “Nebraska...
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Stacy Anderson
- Oct 16, 2014
- 1 min
October Frees Man Once Slated for Execution
On October 8th, Manuel Velez, who once faced execution by the State of Texas, was released from prison in Huntsville. After 9 years, he...
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