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| AG's office offers timetable for 1st lethal injection execution |
| By Journalstar.com |
| Published: 05/15/2009 |
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By NANCY HICKS / Lincoln Journal Star Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 09:18:39 pm CDT An execution likely will not take place for at least a year after the Nebraska Legislature passes a lethal injection law, according to a letter from Attorney General Jon Bruning’s office to state senators. But Lincoln Sen. Danielle Nantkes believes the appeal process on an expected new state law may take much longer. The state likely would seek an execution date for Raymond Mata Jr. immediately after the state Department of Correctional Services writes execution protocol for a new lethal injection law, according to the letter from Chief Deputy Attorney General David Cookson. Mata, 36, was convicted of the 1999 murder of a Scottsbluff toddler. Debate on a bill (LB36) to make lethal injection the state’s method of execution begins Monday afternoon. The measure is expected to pass this spring and become law soon after. Nebraska has had no way to carry out a death sentence since the state Supreme Court declared the electric chair unconstitutional in February 2008. Setting an execution date quickly would mean litigation testing the constitutionality of the new method of execution would go before the Supreme Court quickly, according to Cookson’s letter. In it, he estimates that litigation of state and federal constitutional issues regarding a new method of execution — particularly if it is lethal injection — could be completed within 12 months or less following creation of an execution protocol. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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