CCATDP’s Ben Jones was published by Young Americans for Liberty today. He described Nebraska’s effort to abolish capital punishment and what that move represents. He wrote,
Efforts to end the death penalty took a monumental step forward yesterday. Despite a veto from Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, the Nebraska Legislature overrode the Governor’s veto and passed legislation repealing the state’s death penalty, making it the first red state to do so since North Dakota in the 1970s.
However, Jones said the “monumental step” was accomplished because,
…Republican senators joined a bi-partisan coalition working to repeal the death penalty. These Republicans had principled reasons for opposing the death penalty…
And Jones predicts more change to come. He said,
Given the persistent problems plaguing the death penalty, Nebraska likely will not be the last state to scrap it. Expect more states, red and blue alike, to follow Nebraska’s lead.