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| Nebraska Finds New Route to Death Drugs |
| By courthousenews.com- Ted Wheeler |
| Published: 11/30/2016 |
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LINCOLN, Neb. (CN) — State voters having approved a ballot measure restoring capital punishment, Nebraska on Monday announced the process it will use to change its policies and procure the drugs it will use to execute its 10 inmates on death row. “Nebraskans were decisive in their choice to maintain the death penalty and it is now our duty as elected officials to carry it out,” Gov. Pete Ricketts said in a statement. “These proposed changes in protocol balance appropriate inmate notification with the flexibility to utilize various constitutionally approved drugs, so political maneuvers at the federal level can’t circumvent the will of the people,” said Ricketts, a first-term Republican. Previous procedures required three drugs — sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride — to be administered in precise order and dosage. Read More. |
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