Nebraska Repeals Death Penalty

“Nebraska has repealed the death penalty following a dramatic vote Wednesday by state lawmakers to override the governor’s veto,” the Omaha World-Herald reports.

“The outcome represented a defeat for first-term Gov. Pete Ricketts (R), who made an all-out effort to peel away some of 18 conservative senators who helped pass the repeal bill. Earlier in the session, lawmakers overrode the governor’s veto of a bill that raises the state gas tax.”