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Nebraska governor vetoes death penalty transparency bill

by Associated Press
| August 17, 2020 4:03 PM

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts vetoed a bill Monday that would have prohibited prison officials from blocking the view of execution witnesses before the condemned inmate is declared dead, signaling that they're willing to repeat the much-criticized step in a future execution.

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