Neb. senator will propose repeal of death penalty


Associated Press - January 8, 2009

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska state Sen. Brenda Council says she'll
introduce a bill to repeal the death penalty, carrying on a tradition
started by her predecessor Ernie Chambers.

Council, of Omaha, says she's adamantly opposed to capital punishment
and assured her constituents she'd pick up where Chambers left off.
Chambers was forced out of office by term limits.

Speaker Mike Flood introduced a bill Thursday to change the state's
method of execution to lethal injection. The Nebraska Supreme Court
in February declared electrocution - the state's only means of
execution - cruel and unusual punishment.

But Sen. Danielle Nantkes of Lincoln says Flood's bill could face a
filibuster from death penalty opponents.

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