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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-968

Method of execution declared unconstitutional; effect on sentence

Laws 2009, LB36, § 13; Laws 2015, LB268, § 35; Referendum 2016, No. 426

No death sentence shall be voided or reduced as a result of a determination that a method of execution was declared unconstitutional under the Constitution of Nebraska or the Constitution of the United States. In any case in which an execution method is declared unconstitutional, the death sentence shall remain in force until the sentence can be lawfully executed by any valid method of execution.

Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.