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Nebraska and the Death Penalty

Nebraska allows the death penalty as an option in cases of first-degree murder with at least 1 statutorily-defined aggravating circumstance.

The sentence is death by electrocution.

Minimum age for death penalty: 18

Executions 1930-1976: 4

Executions since 1977: 3



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