Alex M. HouchinNov 17, 20204 minPost-Election RoundupAs the dust continues to settle from the November 3rd general election two weeks ago, some new realities are starting to come into focus....
Alex M. HouchinAug 19, 20206 minRicketts Veto Matches Pattern of Contempt for Execution Transparency, Government AccountabilityMere days after the fractious 106th Nebraska Legislature wrapped up and adjourned for the year, Governor Pete Ricketts vetoed a number of...
Alex M. HouchinJul 27, 20202 minLast Words of Dustin HonkenDustin Honken was executed by the federal government on the afternoon of Friday, July 17, the third such killing in a long and...
Alex M. HouchinJul 24, 20202 minMore Sunlight: 2018 Moore Execution Cocktail Source RevealedOn 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...
Alex M. HouchinJun 22, 20204 minFederal Government to Resume ExecutionsIn a statement released June 15, United States Attorney General William P. Barr announced that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has begun...
Alex M. HouchinApr 18, 20202 minExecution Drugs Could Save Lives InsteadDrugs being stockpiled by states for use in execution protocols could instead be used to save lives in the battle against COVID-19, the...
Alex M. HouchinMar 13, 20202 minAlabama Executes Nathaniel Woods Despite OutcryOn 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...
Matt MalyJul 31, 20182 minThe Time to Speak Out Against Executions is NowNebraska'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...
Matt MalyJul 6, 20181 minExecution Date ScheduledYesterday, the Nebraska Supreme Court set an execution date for Carey Dean Moore, Nebraska's longest-serving death row inmate. The...
Matt MalyMay 2, 20181 minWhat are they Hiding?Last week, the chair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, Sen. Laura Ebke of Crete, asked Department of Corrections Director Scott...
Matt MalyApr 13, 20182 minAction Alert: Pardons Board MeetingLast week, Attorney General Doug Peterson filed a request with the Nebraska Supreme Court to issue an execution warrant to Carey Dean...
Matt MalyApr 4, 20182 minExecution Warrant Requested; Multiple Lethal Injection Challenges RemainYesterday, Attorney General Doug Peterson requested an execution warrant from the state supreme court for Carey Dean Moore, Nebraska’s...
Matt MalyDec 4, 20173 minLawsuits, 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 -...
Matt MalyNov 15, 20172 minDepartment of Corrections Announces Experimental Lethal Injection DrugsThe Nebraska Department of Correctional Services announced last Friday that they have obtained four drugs that they plan to use in the...
Matt MalyOct 24, 20171 minNew Report from Conservatives Concerned about the Death PenaltyConservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty has released a new study about the conservative impact on death penalty repeal...
Steve GriffithNov 30, 20161 minNew Proposal Would Conceal Execution ProtocolToday the Nebraska Department of Corrections announced a public hearing on a proposal to change the execution protocols in Nebraska. Our...
Steve GriffithOct 25, 20161 minBeatrice 6 Victim Speaks out Against the Death PenaltyJoAnn 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...
Steve GriffithSep 29, 20151 minCould 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...
Steve GriffithSep 29, 20151 min$50,000+ Shipment of Illegal Drugs Held Back in IndiaThis Buzzfeed story has the latest in the ongoing saga over attempts to illegally import executions drugs into our state: “Nebraska...
Stacy AndersonOct 16, 20141 minOctober Frees Man Once Slated for ExecutionOn October 8th, Manuel Velez, who once faced execution by the State of Texas, was released from prison in Huntsville. After 9 years, he...