Nebraska's new lethal injection protocol comes under fire at hearing

Opponents of the death penalty predicted Friday that a new lethal injection protocol being sought by Gov. Pete Ricketts will mire the state ...

Nebraska: Hearing on controversial lethal injection protocol proposal

Nebraska's death chamber A state hearing on a controversial lethal injection protocol proposal will begin at 9 a.m. Friday at the State ...

U.S.: The Continuing Collapse of the Death Penalty

Piece by piece, the death penalty continues to fall apart. Last week, the Florida Supreme Court invalidated between 150 and 200 death sente...

US capital punishment fall to 40-year low in 2016

Fewer death sentences were handed down in the US this year than at any time in the last four decades, a study finds. Only 30 such penalties ...

Nebraska prisons chief gets new license for death penalty drugs, with 'no immediate plans' to use it

Nebraska's death chamber LINCOLN — Nebraska’s top prison official has obtained a new license to import foreign-made death penalty drugs ...