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11 Feb 2010, 9:38 am
Dave Heineman approved a lethal-injection protocol for Nebraska on Wednesday, ending the death penalty's monthslong limbo in the state and opening the gate to a new round of lawsuits.There never was any doubt Heineman, a death-penalty supporter, would sign off on the protocol that replaces electrocution and he did so without publicizing his approval.Last year, he supported Nebraska lawmakers when they directed the state Department of… [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 11:20 am
"The Nebraska issue relates to the procedure by which the Legislature delegated responsibility to the Department of Corrections," to devise the actual steps in the lethal-injection protocol, said Jerry Soucie. [read post]
7 Feb 2010, 6:31 pm
The contaminated beef subject to Nebraska Beef’s various recalls ultimately caused at least 80 illnesses in 16 states and Canada. [read post]
31 Jan 2010, 7:16 pm
The Nebraska U.S. [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 8:25 am
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services has developed a lethal injection protocol. [read post]
14 Jan 2010, 1:25 pm
On this basis, the trial court’s ultimate holding to void the mandamus was correct and should be affirmed. [read post]
14 Jan 2010, 1:25 pm
On this basis, the trial court’s ultimate holding to void the mandamus was correct and should be affirmed. [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 8:39 am
Nathaniel Code's suit sought to halt all executions in the state until the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections changed its procedures. [read post]
27 Dec 2009, 10:12 am
The committee report showed most of the causes of prison overcrowding occurred outside the administration and jurisdiction of the Department of Correction and these complex issues and problems cannot be addressed by a single state agency. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 7:56 am
Supreme Court found in 2008 that lethal injection does not violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, at least four states including Delaware, out of the 35 states that allow capital punishment, are under court-ordered delays in all executions because of ongoing litigation.Dieter said a fifth state -- Nebraska -- also has a hold on all executions because the state is in the process of converting from using the electric chair to lethal… [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 7:47 am
*Each execution costs the Department of Corrections $17,000.Courts around the country have split over whether states should have to follow administrative regulation procedures in adopting a lethal injection protocol. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 5:28 pm
Broom, 53, has appealed the state's attempt to try again.Kentucky's process for approving the lethal injection protocol includes a public hearing as well as a chance for the public to comment by e-mail or letter about different aspects of the protocol.The Department of Corrections then can respond to those comments. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 10:41 am
(AP) -- A proposed lethal-injection protocol in Nebraska has been submitted to Attorney General Jon Bruning for approval.Last week, the state Department of Correctional Services signed off on the three-drug cocktail and the process of administering it to death-row inmates.The department devised the proposed protocol and did not make any changes to the proposal after some raised concerns about it, including that it doesn't clearly specify how workers… [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 8:31 am
Last week, the state Department of Correctional Services signed off on the three-drug cocktail and the process of administering it to death-row inmates.The department devised the proposed protocol and did not make any changes to the proposal after some raised concerns about it, including that it doesn't clearly specify how workers should be trained to administer the drugs.If Bruning approves the proposal, it will go to Gov. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 8:10 am
To Terry Collins of the State Department of Corrections, the execution of Kenneth Biros on Tuesday meant validation for a procedure that was a response to, but had never been used on, inmates who argued that Ohio's lethal injection procedure caused a severe amount of pain. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 1:34 pm
The Department of Corrections then can respond to those comments. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 9:30 pm
UPDATE: Note my correction above re: message. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 1:00 pm
The company corrected the problems. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 9:22 am
Monday, advocates against the death sentence make one last plea to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services before lethal injection protocol is finalized. [read post]
16 Nov 2009, 8:02 pm
"If we didn't think the litigation would be long and expensive before Ohio, I think we can guarantee it now," she said.The Nebraska Legislature last year adopted lethal injection as the state's method of execution following a state Supreme Court ruling that electrocution was cruel and unusual punishment.This morning, the Nebraska Department of Corrections held a public hearing on its proposed protocol for carrying out an… [read post]
