'Our plan is to proceed with the executions,' Ricketts (R-NEBR) says of 10 men on death row

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Paul Hammel

LINCOLN — Gov. Pete Ricketts said Friday that despite the repeal of Nebraska’s death penalty, the state will not cancel its order for new drugs to carry out a lethal injection execution.

Ricketts said he agrees with the state attorney general that Nebraska, once it receives the drugs, should be able to execute the 10 men currently on death row.

"Our plan is to proceed with the executions," the governor said, at a press conference marking the end of the 2015 legislative session.

Ricketts said he had no timetable for when the lethal injection drugs purchased by the state from a broker in India will arrive in Nebraska.

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[daleanime]

1. So desperate to kill people.....

[awoke_in_2003]

7. I think some get hard ons thinking about it...

rec for exposure.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

17. No, that's the OTHER drugs he has on order ...nt

[Archae]

2. Rachel has pointed out...

The drugs can't be imported into the US, the FDA will stop the importation.

So what is Ricketts going to do?

[Judi Lynn]

3. This idiot is evil. Hope there's someway to stop him on this filthy scheme. n/t

[Snotcicles]

5. Gotta get his GOP street cred up there so he can run for President someday. nt

[HERVEPA]

4. Bloodthirsty SOB

[Snobblevitch]

6. I think he cases of the ten individuals

on death row in Nebraska will be tied up in the courts and ultimately will not be executed.

It is interesting about the point that a legislature cannot change a sentence that has been ordered by a court. I wonder how this was handled back when the U.S. Congress passed a federal law banning the death penalty?

[gvstn]

10. I'm not sure either.

I seem to recall that most times a State ends the death penalty that they cease immediately. The death penalty is commuted to life in prison. (Not sure if this is usually done by the Governor or if language goes into the bill.)

My guess it because the governor is pissed that his veto was overridden will not do the "usual" and commute the sentences to immediately be in line with the new law. More about ego or politics than doing the right thing, morally or as example of being law abiding to his constituents.

[tabasco]

15. It seems that the executive branch would be forbidden from carrying out

the sentence by the new law. Just MHO.

[swilton]

8. genuine sociopath -

[lonestarnot]

9. So he's just going to murder people w/o authority of law?

[marble falls]

11. I loved living in rural Nebraska, but this governor is a total dick.

[roamer65]

12. Time for a recall election.

If he kills any of them...then hit him with murder charges.

[dhill926]

13. kill 'em yourself....

you bloodthirsty son of a bitch! Jesus Christ....

[salib]

14. Just like Rumsferatu

[Taitertots]

16. I'm not a lawyer, but isn't this somehow illegal?

Can't he be arrested for importing drugs with the stated goal of using them to murder people?