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| Nebraska Supreme Court expected to issue warrant to execute death-row inmate |
| By wowt.com- Brian Mastre |
| Published: 04/05/2018 |
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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) -- Any day now, the Nebraska Supreme Court is expected to issue a death warrant for the prisoner who has been on death row the longest. But with five challenges of Nebraska's lethal injection plans – will there be more delays in implementing the death penalty? When a three judge panel sentenced Nikko Jenkins to die last year, we all knew he'd be waiting in line on death row. Not only are there 10 men in front of him, Nebraska hasn't executed anyone in 21 years. When Nebraska voters in 2016 overwhelmingly supported capital punishment, reversing a ban from state lawmakers, many thought it would get the capital punishment wheels spinning again. Now more than a year later, Attorney General Doug Peterson has asked the Nebraska Supreme Court to sign a warrant and set an execution date for Carey Dean Moore – the Omahan who killed two cab drivers in the late 70's. Read More. |
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