Capital Punishment In Nebraska
A total of 37 individuals have been executed in Nebraska including 3 since 1976 as US Supreme Court allowed the resumption of executions. A total of 10 people are under a sentence of death in the state as of May 2009. On February 8, 2008, the Nebraska Supreme Court declared electrocution "cruel and unusual punishment"; on May 28, 2009, the state legislature adopted lethal injection as its execution method.
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