[QUOTE]LINCOLN — Nebraskans wielded their veto power on Tuesday, voting overwhelmingly to restore the death penalty and nullify a historic 2015 vote by state lawmakers to repeal capital punishment.Rural voters carried the day, voting to "repeal the repeal" by margins as large as 4-to-1 in counties outside of Lincoln and Omaha.
Douglas County, seen as a key stronghold of death-penalty opposition, appeared to narrowly support restoring the death penalty, while Lancaster County was the only county in the state to support retaining the death penalty repeal.
Officials with Nebraskans for the Death Penalty said Tuesday’s vote affirmed their belief that if voters were given the chance, they would vote to keep the death penalty for the most heinous murders.
"The Legislature made a big mistake on a very important issue," said Bob Evnen of Lincoln, a co-founder of the pro-capital punishment group, which conducted the successful petition drive that placed the death penalty referendum on Tuesday’s ballot.
State Sen. Colby Coash of Lincoln, a leader with the anti-death penalty group, Retain a Just Nebraska, said he was disappointed with the outcome but not the effort.
"This debate was worth having," Coash said.[/QUOTE]
[URL]http://www.omaha.com/news/politics/nebraska-voters-restore-death-penalty/article_38823d54-a5df-11e6-9a5e-d7a71d75611a.html[/URL]
Not surprising.
Not after tonight.
How long until we get death penalties for being gay
[sp]Clearly not happening but fuck at this point I wouldn't be surprised[/sp]
It's almost like there won't be miscarriages of justice when innocent people are killed. This is why I'm against the death penalty.
Glad we are catapulting ourselves back into the Dark Ages.
[QUOTE=J!NX;51336575]How long until we get death penalties for being gay
[sp]Clearly not happening but fuck at this point I wouldn't be surprised[/sp][/QUOTE]
I doubt anybody would let that happen regardless. Certainly if they tried that it would lead to mass civil disobedience on a large scale.
Again, ashamed of this damn state.
Maybe they shouldn't say you're repealing something when you're actually unpealing something.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;51336588]I doubt anybody would let that happen regardless. Certainly if they tried that it would lead to mass civil disobedience on a large scale.[/QUOTE]
And people doubted trump would be president
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
