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Nebraska legislature repeals death penalty, overriding governor's veto
Reuters ^ | 05/27/2015 | Reuters

Posted on 05/27/2015 3:31:56 PM PDT by GIdget2004

Nebraska on Wednesday became the 19th U.S. state to abolish capital punishment as legislators narrowly voted to override the Republican governor's veto of a bill repealing the death penalty.

The state's unicameral legislature voted 30-19, the exact number of votes needed to override Governor Pete Ricketts' veto, to replace capital punishment with a term of life without parole.

Nebraska became the first majority Republican state to repeal the death penalty since North Dakota in 1993. Nebraska has not executed an inmate since 1997, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which tracks capital punishment.

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To: GIdget2004

It would work if they made life worse than death.


21 posted on 05/27/2015 4:17:26 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: jacknhoo
Oh good grief. Read Genesis 9:6.

Our technological advances are such that an imprisoned person is no longer a threat to the public.

Yeah, that's sticking with reality.

22 posted on 05/27/2015 4:19:52 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: Jagdgewehr

Atheist, huh!?


23 posted on 05/27/2015 4:33:00 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Alberta's Child

We still have the command from God to kill all murderers.


24 posted on 05/27/2015 4:38:29 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Save the guilty (remove the death penalty), Kill the innocent (abortion on demand).....

If we ever get judged by a higher power we are so screwed.


25 posted on 05/27/2015 4:48:30 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: jacknhoo
I believe that intelligent, Patriotic Americans can conscientiously disagree over the death penalty.

I, personally, still support it, although I do have significant reservations due to the FACT that there have been many false convictions in our justice system.

And if there has been even ONE person falsely convicted of murder, and then executed (and there has) then I have a profound respect for those who oppose the death penalty.

Executing someone unjustly is such a horrendous crime that it makes me willing to not have a death penalty, just so that one case can never occur.

Whether to have the death penalty or not is, IMHO, a good example of letting the People decide, state by state.

Hopefully, state legislatures, judges, and chief executives would reflect the will of the People on this issue.

I'm pretty convinced that Christ would not be a big death penalty fan. Of course, He would have the advantage of knowing for sure whether the person being executed was really guilty or not. But my gut tells me that Christ would probably not support it. And that's a compelling argument, as far as I'm concerned.

26 posted on 05/27/2015 4:51:25 PM PDT by sargon
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To: jacknhoo
[ Good for Nebraska. The United States has no need for the death penalty. Our technological advances are such that an imprisoned person is no longer a threat to the public. ]

Okay well as long we are keeping murderers alive in prison why don't we use some technology and build one of these they can spend 8 hours day in!

Agony Booth

Kidding on that, however I do believe in "Voluntary Euthanasia" for prisoners who want to take their eternal punishment early and are already serving life with no possibility of parole.

27 posted on 05/27/2015 4:55:16 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: GraceG

Oh but we did. And we are living that judgement every day.


28 posted on 05/27/2015 4:55:22 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: freedomfiter2
We still have the command from God to kill all murderers.

That's Old Testament, right?

If I'm not mistaken, the OT also authorizes the death penalty for adultery, or even for children disobeying their parents.

Not every dogma from the Old Covenant still applies under the New Covenant, and that's as it should be. The Judaic Law has been superseded by the Love of Christ.

That doesn't mean that "Thou shalt not kill" is invalid. But the Old Covenant, with its stridently legalistic promulgation of rules governing every nuance of living, was insufficient. That's why we have a New Covenant.

29 posted on 05/27/2015 4:58:27 PM PDT by sargon
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To: GraceG

Suicide and euthanasia are just other words for murder. But somebody who really wants to murder themselves doesn’t need state accomplices to do it.


30 posted on 05/27/2015 5:08:02 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: sargon

The Jewish Bible was given to Jews, and its laws only apply to Jews, except for ones given to Adam and Noah.

Those laws given to Adam and Noah are the minimum needed to make civilization. They do not address the status of one’s life after death. One of the laws given to Adam was executing murderers.


31 posted on 05/27/2015 5:16:22 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: GIdget2004

The death penalty should be reserved for the traitorous politicians that are destroying our country. Perhaps we can have Nuremberg trials after the coup that restores the republic.


32 posted on 05/27/2015 5:16:40 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats & GOPe delenda est. U.S. Federal government = 1930s Nazi gov.)
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To: jacknhoo
Yeah, not even close. So, if you're going to make guesses about me, I think I'll take a turn at this.

, huh!?

33 posted on 05/27/2015 7:20:07 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: GIdget2004

States with and without death penalty:

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/states-and-without-death-penalty


34 posted on 05/27/2015 7:21:36 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (`)
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To: Norm Lenhart

I’ve tried that before. I end up with a headache every time. Say something like criminals 1, unborn babies 0. That really makes them angry.


35 posted on 05/27/2015 10:03:13 PM PDT by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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To: sargon

Actually no. The command to kill all murderers was given to all of mankind for all times as part of the covenant God made with Noah. Unless you believe that God’s promise to never again destroy the Earth with flood has also been rescinded.


36 posted on 05/28/2015 8:12:24 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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