Nebraska Prison Trades Electric Chair for a Medical Table
Nebraska Prison Will Administer Lethal Injections to Inmates
The execution chamber underwent a $35,000 make-over and is larger than it was prior to renovations. The state will soon be utilizing the chamber as there are several inmates on death row.
In 2008 a court found the electric chair to be cruel and unusual punishment for the prisoners so the Nebraska Legislature approved death row inmates be sentenced to death through lethal injection.
The new form of death has many residents of Nebraska wondering why convicted criminals should be allowed a "pain free death" considering the severity of their crimes.
When speaking about administering lethal injections, Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning stated "The test is not no pain, the test is undue pain." However this or any other reasoning doesn't make Nebraska residents warm up to the idea.
The lethal injection procedure consists of having an inmate strapped to a chair while a prison staff member injects him with a drug that will render him unconscious. In a remote location a different prison staff member will combine 3 additional drugs that are lethal. Once the inmate is confirmed to be unconscious he will then be injected with the additional combined drugs which will end his life.
Throughout history people have argued about corporal punishment. Some feel that it isn't our right as humans to decide who lives or dies, while others feel it is absolutely appropriate for convicted criminals to have their lives taken.
Arguments have also arisen about the effectiveness of the death penalty. While some say it is a positive way to keep criminals from committing horrific crimes, others believe that it has no bearing and people will continue to perform crimes regardless of the consequences.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has yet to set an execution date but according to Attorney General Bruning he believes that it will be set sometime soon. "It's a matter of weeks or months," Bruning said, "not years."
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KETV 7 News Omaha
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