USA - Nebraska. The Judiciary Committee passed LB44 to repeal the death penalty.

The Judiciary Committee of the Nebraska unicameral legislature voted 5-2 to advance to the full Senate LB44, a bill that would repeal the state's death penalty. The legislature repealed the death penalty in 2015 and overrode Governor Rickett's veto of the bill. However, enactment of the bill was suspended pending the outcome of a voter referendum in 2016 that blocked the bill from going into effect.