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NEBRASKA: It's time to re-evaluate the death penalty!

NADP logoNebraska has a long history of moving away from the death penalty. Whether one supports, opposes, or is uncertain about the use of the death penalty, serious questions remain about the system's fairness, cost, and effectiveness. Two years ago, the Nebraska Legislature changed the state's method of execution to lethal injection over the objections of legal authorities, medical experts, judges, law enforcement officers, and families of those who have lost loved ones to murder. More than a dozen states have found that the death penalty is up to 10 times more expensive than sentences of life without parole, however in 2009, the Legislature refused to study the cost of Nebraska's death penalty system.

Some of our political leaders are now attempting to move forward with an execution, which would be the first in Nebraska in more than 13 years. We must ask why the state is pursuing this faulty course despite so many unanswered questions. Why the rush to test a new method of execution? Why spend hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars seeking an execution when the state is in the throes of a budget crisis? Why continue this broken, bloated government program?

We, the undersigned, call on the State of Nebraska to re-evaluate its use of the death penalty. If not now, when, and at what cost to our state’s future?
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    Number Date Name Location
    459 Tue Mar 26 14:04:39 EDT 2013 Kaela Volkmer Omaha, NE
    458 Mon Mar 25 00:15:58 EDT 2013 Deborah Buckman Lincoln, NE
    457 Thu Mar 21 14:30:24 EDT 2013 James Cihlar St. Paul, MN
    456 Wed Mar 20 10:09:13 EDT 2013 Aaron Chambers Lincoln, NE
    455 Wed Mar 20 09:29:14 EDT 2013 Jeff Mohr Omaha, NE
    454 Wed Mar 20 09:12:43 EDT 2013 Katrina Thomas Lincoln, NE
    453 Sun Mar 17 19:20:35 EDT 2013 Kurt Mesner Central City, NE
    452 Wed Mar 13 11:32:07 EDT 2013 Lana Rourke Lincoln, NE
    451 Tue Mar 12 17:00:34 EDT 2013 Martin Bland Lincoln, NE
    450 Wed Feb 27 12:31:14 EST 2013 Jo Williams Omaha, NE
    449 Tue Feb 26 19:21:15 EST 2013 Daniel Cummings Omaha, NE
    448 Thu Jan 31 10:08:11 EST 2013 Jennifer Vankat Omaha, NE
    447 Fri Dec 21 18:49:18 EST 2012 William Wilson Chadron, NE
    446 Tue Dec 18 23:32:56 EST 2012 Anonymous Plattsmouth, NE
    445 Tue Dec 04 20:03:08 EST 2012 Casey Callahan Lincoln, NE
    444 Wed Nov 28 23:47:49 EST 2012 Anonymous Lincoln, NE
    443 Mon Nov 19 16:15:34 EST 2012 Anonymous Lincoln, NE
    442 Tue Nov 13 19:05:52 EST 2012 Leyna Vick Lincoln, NE
    441 Wed Oct 31 07:29:19 EDT 2012 Michael Fitzsimmons Omaha, NE
    440 Mon Oct 22 18:00:46 EDT 2012 Tati Urzedowski Lincoln, NE
    439 Mon Oct 22 14:54:54 EDT 2012 Tanika Cooper Lincoln, NE
    438 Tue Oct 09 11:16:05 EDT 2012 Sarah Barrett Lincoln, NE
    437 Thu Oct 04 14:06:41 EDT 2012 Sadie Bankston Omaha, NE
    436 Thu Sep 27 23:32:10 EDT 2012 Megan Brown Firth, NE
    435 Thu Sep 27 21:38:42 EDT 2012 Katie TenHulzen Firth, NE
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