An Execution in Nebraska

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🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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After a 40-year crusade, a state lawmaker succeeded in getting Nebraska to ban the death penalty in 2015. Why, then, did the state execute a prisoner this month? Guests: Nebraska State Senator Ernie Chambers, a longtime opponent of the death penalty, and Mitch Smith, a national reporter for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.6	This is the day.
0:35.6	Today, after a 40 year crusade, a lawmaker in Nebraska succeeded in outlying the death penalty.
0:49.1	So why didn't Nebraska just execute a prison?
1:02.7	It's Wednesday, August 29th.
1:08.5	Hello.
1:09.5	Hello.
1:10.5	Hi, is this Senator Chambers?
1:12.5	Who would be other than Senator Chambers?
1:14.9	Good question.
1:15.9	Okay.
1:16.9	This is Michael Barbaro from the New York Times.
1:19.6	Glad to talk to you.
1:21.6	Tell me a bit about your district and when you started representing him.
1:26.4	My district is primarily black.
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