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"Nebraska senators advance lethal-injection bill," is JoAnne Young's report in today's Lincoln Journal Star.  The article contains a sidebar listing how Nebraska legislators voted.  LB 36 is not on today's legislative agenda.A move by a Lincoln senator to delay enactment of lethal injection as a way to carry out the Nebraska death penalty failed Tuesday.The bill (LB36) advanced to final reading on a 34-11 vote.Lincoln Sen. Danielle Nantkes was joined by Omaha Sen. Brenda Council in opposing LB36, saying it was flawed in a number of ways, including that it delegates legislative authority to nonelected state Department of Correctional Services officials to establish a protocol and procedure for lethal injection...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 27, 2009 (boomark / email).