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Campaign Unavailable We're sorry, this alert is no longer available. If you would like to learn more about ways you can take action, please visit Justice and Advocacy Ministries, ELCA-NE.The short explanation of this alert was: We have a golden opportunity to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska during this legislative session. Last week the Judiciary Committee forwarded LB 1063 to the full legislature for debate. LB proposes to abolish the death penalty and establishes the penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The following day the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that Nebraska's only method of enforcing the death penalty, the electric chair, violates the State Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. It is unlikely that legislation could be developed at this point that would effectively create a Constitutionally acceptable method of execution.
There is likely to be a lot of activity and debate in the legislature this week. Please contact your state senator and encourage him or her to support LB 1063.
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| Maintainer: Chuck Bentjen (cbentjen2000@yahoo.com) |  |