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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNebraska Governor Vetoes Bill Abolishing the Death Penalty
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have abolished the death penalty in the state. The measure was approved by the state legislature last week with a 32-to-15 majority, giving the state legislature the 30 votes needed to override the Republican governors veto. A vote to override the veto is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
If the lawmakers are successful, Nebraska will become the first largely conservative state in more than 40 years to strike down the death penalty, according to the New York Times. Republican legislators who have voted in favor of abolition said they believed the death penalty was inefficient, expensive and out of place with their partys values... [while] [o]ther lawmakers cited religious or moral reasons for their support of the death penalty ban.
The state has been having trouble procuring the lethal injection cocktail needed to carry out death sentences; the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled the use of the electric chair unconstitutional in 2008. Ricketts laid out his reasoning for the veto in a letter to state lawmakers on Tuesday saying proponents of repealing the death penalty are using arguments that are both incorrect and inapplicable to Nebraska. The death penalty is currently legal in 32 states; the last state to ban it was Maryland in 2013.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have abolished the death penalty in the state. The measure was approved by the state legislature last week with a 32-to-15 majority, giving the state legislature the 30 votes needed to override the Republican governors veto. A vote to override the veto is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
If the lawmakers are successful, Nebraska will become the first largely conservative state in more than 40 years to strike down the death penalty, according to the New York Times. Republican legislators who have voted in favor of abolition said they believed the death penalty was inefficient, expensive and out of place with their partys values... [while] [o]ther lawmakers cited religious or moral reasons for their support of the death penalty ban.
The state has been having trouble procuring the lethal injection cocktail needed to carry out death sentences; the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled the use of the electric chair unconstitutional in 2008. Ricketts laid out his reasoning for the veto in a letter to state lawmakers on Tuesday saying proponents of repealing the death penalty are using arguments that are both incorrect and inapplicable to Nebraska. The death penalty is currently legal in 32 states; the last state to ban it was Maryland in 2013.
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Nebraska Governor Vetoes Bill Abolishing the Death Penalty (Original Post)
Agschmid
May 2015
OP
I've been watching "Rectify" (Sundance TV)... sure raises questions about the death penalty!
ALBliberal
May 2015
#6
The Catholic Church preaches that being pro-death penalty is to be anti-life
DemocraticWing
May 2015
#7
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)2. It will be overturned.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)4. Another right-to-lifer who
thinks killing the already born is a good thing, I take it.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)5. Yup. Luckily it seems the state will overturn him.
ALBliberal
(2,334 posts)6. I've been watching "Rectify" (Sundance TV)... sure raises questions about the death penalty!
DemocraticWing
(1,290 posts)7. The Catholic Church preaches that being pro-death penalty is to be anti-life
I'm always surprised that more conservative Christians don't make that argument.