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From Nebraska

By Steve Hall

"Efficient death doesn't make it right," is the title of the editorial in today's Lincoln Journal Star.We take little comfort in the state's apparently efficient preparation, in this case, of the state's remodeled execution chamber.Earlier this month, the state gave news media an introduction to the place where people used to die in the electric chair.Now, it's equipped to use lethal injection.This newspaper stands against the death penalty.But it is the law in Nebraska. Wrong though we may believe it to be, it is important for the state to be as transparent as possible about it.So we thank state officials for being forthright about a process we oppose.The reporting from that news media introduction was as hard and spare as the death chamber itself...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 26, 2010 (boomark / email).