Gov. Ricketts' Statement for Senators Ahead of Death Penalty Vote

Statement

This morning, Governor Pete Ricketts urged senators to listen to their constituents when considering how they vote during the final round of debate on a measure that would repeal the death penalty.

"This morning's debate on the death penalty is significant," said Governor Ricketts. "No one has traveled the state more than I have in the past 18 months, and everywhere I go there is overwhelming support for keeping the death penalty in Nebraska. Ahead of this morning's vote, I am reminding senators that a vote for cloture on LB268 is a vote to repeal the death penalty and to give our state's most heinous criminals more lenient sentences. This isn't rhetoric. This is reality."

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