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Nebraska sheriffs group backs petition efforts to reinstate death penalty
http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/nebraska-sheriffs-group-backs-petition-efforts-to-reinstate-death-penalty/article_70d427be-0ff7-11e5-b7d8-af5554b0b8dd.html
POSTED: THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 12:05 AM
World-Herald News Service
The Nebraska Sheriffs’ Association has voted unanimously to back a petition aimed at restoring the death penalty.
The group met on Wednesday morning in Grand Island at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center.
“It’s important because of the public safety issue,” said Grant County Sheriff Shawn Hebbert, who is president of the sheriffs’ association.
“The death penalty works as a deterrent to protect our guards and our people who work in corrections, as well as our deputies,” he said.
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