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Nebraska Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto, Ban Death Penalty - Reports

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Nebraska’s lawmakers have passed a bill that abolishes the state’s death penalty overriding Governor Pete Ricketts’ veto, local media reported. 27.05.2015, Sputnik International

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Nebraska Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto, Ban Death Penalty - Reports

21:36 GMT 27.05.2015 (Updated: 03:24 GMT 28.05.2015)

Nebraska’s lawmakers have passed a bill that abolishes the state’s death penalty overriding Governor Pete Ricketts’ veto, local media reported.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Senators voted 30-19, making Nebraska the first traditionally conservative state since 1973 to eliminate the death penalty.

Oklahoma has approved the use of nitrogen gas asphyxiation for the administration of the death penalty in case the US Supreme Court finds lethal injections - plagued by recent botched executions - to be unconstitutional. - Sputnik International

Nebraska Governor to Stand for Death Penalty Restoration - Advocacy Group

28 May 2015, 02:16 GMT

“Nebraska has abolished the death penalty in a landmark veto-override vote backed by a coalition of conservatives who oppose capital punishment,” KETV reported on Wednesday.

Nebraska joins 18 other US states and Washington, DC in banning capital punishment.