Neb. High Court Stays Execution Over Concerns About Electrocution Protocol

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

Neb. High Court Stays Execution Over Concerns About Electrocution Protocol
05-02-2007 6:44 PM
By ERIC OLSON, Associated Press Writer

LINCOLN, Neb. (Associated Press) -- The Nebraska Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an execution over concerns about a new electrocution protocol in the only state that still relies solely on the electric chair for capital punishment.

Carey Dean Moore had been scheduled to die Tuesday for the 1979 murders of two Omaha cab drivers. The high court issued the stay after receiving objections this week from state Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha, who wants the new process reviewed before anyone is put to death.

State Supreme Court Judge John Gerrard wrote that recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions "at least raised the question whether electrocution is constitutional."

"Our constitutional responsibility to decide whether electrocution is lawful requires us to consider whether any convicted person should be electrocuted before that question is answered," Gerrard wrote.

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[ProudDad]

1. Anything that keeps a barbaric, useless state murder from occurring

is ok by me.

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