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(NE) Bill to repeal death penalty headed to Legislature floor; Ernie Chambers encouraged by support
http://www.omaha.com/news/legislature/bill-to-repeal-death-penalty-headed-to-legislature-floor-ernie/article_ce2de3db-c97d-5118-ae1c-148c56913f2c.html
POSTED: MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015 3:10 PM
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau
LINCOLN — For likely the first time ever, a Nebraska legislative committee has given unanimous support to repealing the death penalty.
On an 8-0 vote Monday, the Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to repeal capital punishment for debate by the full Legislature.
State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha, who has made ending the death penalty his top priority during four decades in office, said that 2015 presents as good a chance as ever to “get this state out of the killing business.”
Eleven other senators, including three or four who could be described as conservative Republicans, have signed onto the repeal proposal, Legislative Bill 268.
FULL story at link.
REBECCA S. GRATZ/THE WORLD-HERALD
Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers
