Nebraska bill to repeal death penalty closer to approval amid drug shortage

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Nebraska bill to repeal death penalty closer to approval amid drug shortage

Associated Press in Lincoln, Nebraska
Thursday 16 April 2015 20.20 BST

Nebraska is considering repealing the death penalty amid a shortage of lethal injection drugs.

A bill to repeal the death penalty won first-round approval from lawmakers on Thursday.

Lawmakers advanced the bill 30-13. If that support holds, death penalty opponents would have enough votes to override the Republican governor Pete Ricketts’s promised veto.

Two additional votes are required, and death penalty supporters are still working to block the legislation. This year, the measure has won support from a coalition of Republicans who say the death penalty costs too much and the state does not even have the drugs to kill those on death row.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/16/nebraska-bill-repeal-death-penalty-amid-drug-shortage

[louis-t]

1. Think about that: "We are going to stop killing people

because we don't have enough drugs."

[PeteSelman]

2. Why are these drugs even necessary?

Rope is cheap and more effective. So are bullets. You're killing a guy, not performing surgery. It's not that difficult.