Gov. Scott has ordered Jerry Correll to be executed on Thursday, October 29 at 6pm ET. This would be the 22nd execution of a well-secured, captive prisoner ordered by Richard Lynn Scott and will break the modern record for executions carried out by a Florida governor. It is astonishingly ill-advised for Gov. Scott to order…

Nebraska Legislators have successfully voted to override their governor’s veto of the repeal of that state’s death penalty. Nebraska becomes the first conservative Republican state to abolish the death penalty in over 40 years and the nineteenth U.S. state to do so. Following last week’s 32-15 vote for repeal, Gov. Rickett’s pressure was intense on…

Nebraska Overwhelmingly Votes for Abolition! Nebraska legislators have again passed a bill to abolish the death penalty. Today’s final vote was 32-15, enough votes to override a veto promised by Gov. Ricketts. If the vote holds, Nebraska would be the first conservative Republican state to abolish the death penalty in 42 years and the 19th…