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shenmue

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Wed May 27, 2015, 07:32 PM May 2015

Nebraska abolishes death penalty, as legislature overrides governor's veto

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From the article:

Nebraska joins 18 other states and the federal district of Washington, DC, in banning capital punishment, and is the first traditionally conservative state in four decades to do so.
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Nebraska abolishes death penalty, as legislature overrides governor's veto (Original Post) shenmue May 2015 OP
YAY! I guess Gov. Pete knows where he frogmarch May 2015 #1

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