List of Individuals Executed in Nebraska After 1976
A total of 3 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the U.S. state of Nebraska since 1976. All were executed by electric chair. Nebraska was seeking an execution date for first use lethal injection since the electric chair was declared unconstitutional in 2008. Finally, on April 21, 2011, the Nebraska Supreme Court set the first execution date for June 14, 2011 after more than 13 years. On May 26, 2011, the Nebraska Supreme Court stayed the execution due to due to objections that the sodium thiopental that Nebraska purchased from a Mumbai company fails to comply with U.S. pharmaceutical standards.
| Executed person | Date of execution | Victims | Under Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harold Lamont "Wili" Otey | September 2, 1994 | Jane McManus | Ben Nelson |
| 2 | John Joubert | July 17, 1996 | Danny Eberle and Christopher Walden | Ben Nelson |
| 3 | Robert E. Williams | December 2, 1997 | Catherine Brook, Patricia McGarry, Virginia Rowe | Ben Nelson |
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