LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A group that wants to reinstate Nebraska's death penalty in the November election has unveiled a website and https://youtu.be/9zbxFxXZ7SE">online videoto make its case to voters.
The video released Tuesday highlights crimes committed by Nebraska's death row inmates. Nebraskans for the Death Penalty says the ad is intended to reinforce that, to keep the death penalty on the books, voters need to vote to repeal the legislation which abolished it.
Nebraska lawmakers eliminated the death penalty in May 2015, overriding Gov. Pete Ricketts' veto. A petition drive partially financed by Ricketts gathered enough signatures to prevent the law from going into effect until voters decide whether to retain it.
The video is narrated by Steve Zimkilton, the voiceover actor featured in the television series Law & Order.
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