Execution

Aug 19, 20206 min read

Ricketts Veto Matches Pattern of Contempt for Execution Transparency, Government Accountability

Mere days after the fractious 106th Nebraska Legislature wrapped up and adjourned for the year, Governor Pete Ricketts vetoed a number of...

97 views

Jul 26, 20202 min read

Last Words of Dustin Honken

Dustin Honken was executed by the federal government on the afternoon of Friday, July 17, the third such killing in a long and...

439 views

More Sunlight: 2018 Moore Execution Cocktail Source Revealed

Jul 23, 20202 min read

More Sunlight: 2018 Moore Execution Cocktail Source Revealed

On August 14, 2018, the state of Nebraska used an untested cocktail of drugs to execute Carey Dean Moore, who had spent over 38 years on...

72 views

Jun 22, 20204 min read

Federal Government to Resume Executions

In a statement released June 15, United States Attorney General William P. Barr announced that the Federal Bureau of Prisons has begun...

86 views

Execution Drugs Could Save Lives Instead

Apr 18, 20202 min read

Execution Drugs Could Save Lives Instead

Drugs being stockpiled by states for use in execution protocols could instead be used to save lives in the battle against COVID-19, the...

73 views

Mar 12, 20202 min read

Alabama Executes Nathaniel Woods Despite Outcry

On a recent Thursday, Nathaniel Woods took a single bite of a chicken leg quarter, then placed it back on his plate. The rest of the...

28 views

The Time to Speak Out Against Executions is Now

Jul 31, 20182 min read

The Time to Speak Out Against Executions is Now

Nebraska's first execution in over 20 years is only two weeks away, and we wanted to make you aware of some key opportunities to speak...

87 views

Jul 6, 20181 min read

Execution Date Scheduled

Yesterday, the Nebraska Supreme Court set an execution date for Carey Dean Moore, Nebraska's longest-serving death row inmate. The...

44 views

May 2, 20181 min read

What are they Hiding?

Last week, the chair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, Sen. Laura Ebke of Crete, asked Department of Corrections Director Scott...

39 views

Apr 13, 20182 min read

Action Alert: Pardons Board Meeting

Last week, Attorney General Doug Peterson filed a request with the Nebraska Supreme Court to issue an execution warrant to Carey Dean...

112 views

Execution Warrant Requested; Multiple Lethal Injection Challenges Remain

Apr 4, 20182 min read

Execution Warrant Requested; Multiple Lethal Injection Challenges Remain

Yesterday, Attorney General Doug Peterson requested an execution warrant from the state supreme court for Carey Dean Moore, Nebraska’s...

48 views

Dec 4, 20173 min read

Lawsuits, Lawsuits, Lawsuits...

One of the many flaws of our death penalty system is that there always seems to be something that has to be figured out in the courts -...

41 views

Nov 15, 20172 min read

Department of Corrections Announces Experimental Lethal Injection Drugs

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services announced last Friday that they have obtained four drugs that they plan to use in the...

24 views

New Report from Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty

Oct 24, 20171 min read

New Report from Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty

Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty has released a new study about the conservative impact on death penalty repeal...

20 views

Nov 30, 20161 min read

New Proposal Would Conceal Execution Protocol

Today the Nebraska Department of Corrections announced a public hearing on a proposal to change the execution protocols in Nebraska. Our...

11 views

Beatrice 6 Victim Speaks out Against the Death Penalty

Oct 25, 20161 min read

Beatrice 6 Victim Speaks out Against the Death Penalty

JoAnn Taylor, who spent nearly 20 years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit, was joined by two attorneys today to share her story and...

13 views

Sep 29, 20151 min read

Could we Execute an Innocent Man in 2015?

Richard Glossip is the Oklahoma death row inmate who was scheduled to be executed September 16th, but received a last minute stay due to...

8 views