North Carolina Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty Raleigh – Last week, a bill to repeal the death penalty in the politically conservative state of Nebraska passed its third and final vote in the state’s unicameral legislature by a margin of 32-15. The bill then made it’s way to Governor Ricketts, who kept his […]
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NC Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty Applauds Landmark Effort to Replace Death Penalty in Conservative Nebraska
This week, the Nebraska State Legislature voted 32-12 to repeal the death penalty and replace it with life in prison without parole. This makes Nebraska the first conservative state to repeal the death penalty since North Dakota did so in 1973. Nebraska Senator Laure Ebke, who is a Republican, said, “It’s certainly a matter of […]