MULTIMEDIA: Nebraska Debate on the Death Penalty

On November 28, the University of Nebraska host­ed a dia­logue on the death penal­ty with J. Kirk Brown (left), Nebraska’s Solicitor General, and Professor Michael Radelet (right) of the University of Colorado. Mr. Kirk was the state’s coun­sel of record for all of its exe­cu­tions since 1978. Prof. Radelet is a well-known death penal­ty expert, researcher, and the author of sev­er­al works on inno­cence and the death penal­ty. The dis­cus­sion was titled: ​“The Death Penalty: Justice, Retribution and Dollars” and explored whether the state should con­tin­ue or aban­don its death penal­ty. A video of the dia­logue is avail­able at this link. Since 1978, Nebraska has car­ried out three exe­cu­tions, but none since 1997. There are 11 inmates on the state’s death row. Learn more about Nebraska’s death penal­ty here.

(See ​“Nebraska solic­i­tor gen­er­al, Colo. pro­fes­sor to par­tic­i­pate in death penal­ty debate,” KearneyHub​.com, Nov. 27, 2012;
DPIC post­ed, December 5, 2012). See Multimedia.