Nebraska Legislative Bill 36
Nebraska Legislative Bill 36 (LB36) was introduced on January 8, 3008 by Sen. Mike Flood of Norfolk. If approved, LB36 will make lethal injection the state's sole method of execution and authorize the Nebraska Department of Corrections to develop an execution protocol. Nebraska has been without a method of execution since the State Supreme Court ruled that electrocution violated the state constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment in February 2008. Governor Dave Heineman and State Attorney General Jon Bruning both support the bill. Sen. Brenda Council of Omaha has announced her intention to introduce a bill that would repeal the death penalty in Nebraska. In 2007, a similar bill introduced by termed-out Senator Ernie Chambers, Council's predecessor, failed to pass in the legislature by one vote.
Documents
Introduced January 8, 2008
Lethal Injection As a Constitutional Method of Enforcing a Sentence of Death
Report to the Nebraska Governor from Attorney General Jon Bruning
December 2008
News Coverage
"Lethal Injection to Face Fight," Omaha World Herald, January 9, 2009
"Neb. Senator Will Propose Repeal of Death Penalty," Associated Press, January 8, 2009
"Nebraska AG Wants Lethal Injection Procedure Outlined," NTV. January 6, 2009
"Lethal Injection Backed in Survey," Omaha World Herald, January 6, 2009
"Changing Nebraska Execution Method Has Wide Support," KPTM, January 1, 2009
Updated: September 3, 2009