Justices outlaw electrocution
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that electrocution is cruel and unusual punishment, outlawing the electric chair in the only state using it as its sole means of execution.
The state’s death penalty remains legal, but another method must be approved. The evidence shows that electrocution inflicts “intense pain and agonizing suffering,” the court said. “Condemned prisoners must not be tortured to death, regardless of their crimes,” Justice William M. Connolly wrote in the 6-1 opinion.
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