The Climatic Consequences of Coal: Nebraska's Role

Professor Bruce E. Johansen

Why coal? Why here? Why now?

Posted In: What's HOT in Global Warming

Senators Refuse to Study Capital Punishment Costs

Jill L Francke
Statewide Coordinator
Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty 

On March 25 we saw 22 Nebraska Senators stand up for the average Nebraskan in support of a bill to identify the financial cost of our state’s death penalty system. While there were not enough votes to pass LB 1105, the debate around this issue has shown us that we are making progress in our efforts to end capital punishment—and that work must continue. 

As many of you know, the long and complicated death penalty process has already cost taxpayers millions of dollars. More than a dozen states have found that the death penalty is up to ten times more expensive than sentences of life without parole. In our neighboring state of Kansas, the median cost of a death penalty case is $1.26 million, or a staggering 70 percent more than comparable non-death penalty cases. 

Posted In: Turn Off the Violence