NEBR Does capital punishment repeal apply to men on death row? AG says bill's language is unconstitu

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/legislature/does-capital-punishment-repeal-apply-to-men-on-death-row/article_c0fe0fb7-1903-5889-b953-c8018423497f.html

POSTED: THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015 2:30 PM
By Joe Duggan and Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau

LINCOLN — One day after state lawmakers repealed the death penalty, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson is questioning a portion of a repeal law dealing with the fate of the 10 men currently on death row.

But State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha, the sponsor of the repeal law, said Thursday that the attorney general doesn’t have a case.

"There’s no legal issue here," Chambers said.

Peterson, in a press release, said its office, "at the appropriate time," will seek a court decision to resolve the state’s ability to execute those currently on death row.

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[ret5hd]

1. Gotta get that one last fix, eh?