Comments:Nebraska court bans the electric chair

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Fantastic!

This is fantastic news! No one deseves to be murdored. If people actually want to do that, they are as bad as the criminals! --Mephiles 14:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Keep in mind, they could easily do what most other states do when this sort of thing happens: Move to lethal injection. That being said, they came incredibly close to writing it out of the state code last session, they may just actually write it out this time. 68.39.174.238 01:51, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I always wondered...

...why Nebraska kept it as their ONLY method for so long; even Florida, which was notorious for electrocuting people, switched years ago. 68.39.174.238 01:48, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I honestly wonder...

...what Ernie Chambers is saying about this... should be a fun rest of the legislative session. 68.39.174.238 05:59, 10 February 2008 (UTC)