Executions Overview
,Lethal Injection
,Aug 17, 2023
On August 8, 2023, death-sentenced prisoner Aubrey Trail petitioned the state to set his execution date. Currently, there are 10 others on death row in Nebraska, but the state does not possess the necessary lethal injection drugs for any execution…
Lethal Injection
,Aug 09, 2018
Less than a month after a Nevada court halted the execution of Scott Dozier in response to a lawsuit filed by generic-drug manufacturer Alvogen…
United States Supreme Court
,Lethal Injection
,May 12, 2021
The legislature doesn’t want capital punishment, the executive branch can’t obtain execution drugs, and Nebraska prosecutors have moved forward this year with the pandemic-delayed capital sentencing trials of two defendants separa…
Secrecy
,Recent Legislative Activity
,Lethal Injection
,Feb 20, 2020
Nebraska’s unicameral legislature voted on February 13, 2020 to advance a bill that would increase transparency in the state’s execution process.
Executions Overview
,Lethal Injection
,Aug 14, 2018
On August 14, 2018, more than two decades after last putting a prisoner to death, Nebraska executed Carey Dean Moore (pictured). The execution — which used an untested drug formula of diazepam (the sedative Valium),…
Recent Legislative Activity
,Aug 18, 2020
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts has vetoed a bill that would have increased transparency in the state’s execution process.
Secrecy
,Lethal Injection
,Jul 28, 2020
Nebraska may have executed Carey Dean Moore in August 2018 using drugs supplied by a pharmacy in violation of pharmaceutical manufacturers’ distribution policies, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS…
Secrecy
,Lethal Injection
,May 20, 2020
In a major victory for media outlets and prisoner advocates, the Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered the state’s Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to release public records related to the procurement of drugs used in the 20…
Lethal Injection
,Mar 11, 2019
After controversial executions raised questions of government competence or misconduct, legislatures in two states have responded with bills taking sharply different approaches to the questions of government accountability and public oversight.
