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China Daily | Updated: 2015-05-29 07:36
United States
Nebraska ends death penalty
Nebraska abolished the death penalty on Wednesday in a landmark vote backed by an unusual coalition of conservatives who oppose capital punishment. Senators in the one-house Legislature voted 30-19 to override Governor Pete Ricketts, a Republican who supports the death penalty. The veto override vote makes Nebraska the first traditionally conservative state to eliminate the punishment since North Dakota in 1973.
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