The death penalty may be dying a slow death, by litigation.

Elizabeth Price Foley writes at Instapundit that

The death penalty may be dying a slow death, by litigation. The Republican-controlled unicameral Nebraska legislature voted 30-13 (with 17 Republican “yes” votes) to repeal that state’s death penalty. The reasons for lost Republican support are varied: the inefficiency (and cost) of years of litigation to carry the penalty out; perceived incongruity with pro-life beliefs; fear of wrongful executions; and a shortage of drugs needed to carry out executions.

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