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7 Apr 2007, 7:18 am
SupremeCourt's denial of an appeal by Moore, who had argued that execution by theelectric chair amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.The order left Nebraska as the only state with electrocution as its onlymeans of execution. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 8:52 am
"Lethal injection table ready," is the title of Paul Hammel's report in the Omaha World-Herald.Physically, the state is ready to carry out executions again.State corrections officials said Tuesday that the remodeling of the death chamber at the Nebraska State Penitentiary has been completed.The electric chair, ruled an unconstitutionally cruel and unusual form of capital punishment by the Nebraska Supreme Court, is now in storage.Its … [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 9:00 am
Plus, legal challenges could put capital punishment on hold for several years in Nebraska, which hasn't executed an inmate since 1997.Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Director Robert Houston discussed the state's readiness for an execution on Wednesday, shortly after state officials showed reporters the Nebraska State Penitentiary's new execution chamber for the first time. [read post]
19 Mar 2013, 10:03 pm
In an affidavit for Davis' arrest, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Officer Benny Noordhoek said Penitentiary staff confiscated a small package of marijuana from Michael Benson during a visit Jan. 13 with his wife and infant son.It would appear that they may have gotten away with it, but ... [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 7:57 am
Here's an extended excerpt:The state of Nebraska's electric chair has been put into storage.Preparations for Nebraska's new method of execution, lethal injection, are nearing completion. [read post]
12 Mar 2018, 7:00 am
These laws apply to the Nebraska Department of Corrections and to the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP), where the state carries out executions. [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 9:38 am
The checks are to determine whether the prisoner is anesthetized before giving the second drug, a paralyzing agent.A team of at least 12 people would be required to carry out an execution.None would have to be a licensed health care professional, although two team members would have to get training as emergency medical technicians and in drawing blood and starting IV lines.The execution team would include the department director, the Nebraska State Penitentiary warden, the… [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 1:23 pm
The Plaintiffs experienced demoralizing race-based taunts and jokes while employed at the Nebraska State Penitentiary. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 12:55 am
In March, the Nebraska Legislature came within one vote of repealing its death penalty law. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 2:03 am
Published Friday | February 8, 2008History of capital punishment in NebraskaTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS History of executions All executions in Nebraska since 1903 have taken place within the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln. [read post]
30 Mar 2023, 4:30 am
Jefferis (University of Nebraska at Lincoln - College of Law), Nicole B. [read post]
11 Nov 2016, 2:00 am
Melton reportedly will serve his sentence in a supermax federal penitentiary in Colorado. [read post]
11 Nov 2016, 2:00 am
Melton reportedly will serve his sentence in a supermax federal penitentiary in Colorado. [read post]
29 Apr 2011, 2:13 pm
Among the many archival records at the Central Plains Region facility in downtown Kansas City are the inmate case files of the United States Penitentiary—Leavenworth. 68,937 files covering July 1895 when the prison opened through 1952 are now open for research and document some of the most notorious federal prisoners in history. [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 7:35 am
She was a media witness of the execution of Cal Coburn Brown which was scheduled for 12:01 AM this morning at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary. [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 2:02 pm
A federal judge dismissed the suit (PDF) Tuesday brought by Stephen Cavanaugh, who is serving a 4- to 8-year term on assault and weapons charges at the Nebraska State Penitentiary. [read post]
9 Jul 2015, 12:58 pm
Katie McHugh of Breitbart reports that policies vary from city to city and state to state, North Dakota's being particularly extreme, where state penitentiary policy forbids the state from honoring any ICE detainer and will therefore not cooperate with immigration officials, even if the detainee is a rapist or murderer. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 3:30 am
Cavanaugh is a prisoner in the Nebraska State Penitentiary. [read post]
19 May 2007, 10:12 am
In addition, on 4 May 2007, the Tennessee Attorney General requested an execution date for Daryl Holton, a former soldier with a history of depression, who has effectively waived his appeals and has been found competent to do so.The execution of another "volunteer", Carey Dean Moore, due to be carried out in Nebraska on 8 May 2007, was stopped by the state Supreme Court on 2 May in view of concerns - not raised by Moore - about Nebraska's use of the electric… [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 8:47 am
The drug is under storage at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls, said Sara Rabern, public information officer for the attorney general's office.Moeller and Rhines have appeals pending. [read post]
