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Death Penalty Repeal Bill Considered

Saturday, February 02, 2008By: Anna Jo Bratton Associated Press Writer LINCOLN, Neb. - An Oklahoma man who spent 19 years on death row came to Nebraska Friday to ask state lawmakers to make sure innocent people aren't executed before evidence can exonerate them."If you discover the error too late ... you can't resurrect him from the grave to say, 'I'm sorry, we've made this grievous error,"' 45-year-old Curtis McCarty said after testifying before the Legislature's Judiciary Committee, which is considering a bill that would repeal the death penalty in Nebraska.McCarty was released from jail in May after a state judge dismissed a 22-year-old murder charge, ruling that the case against him was tainted by a former police chemist whom the judge said lost and destroyed evidence that could have been used to show McCarty's innocence...continue to full post

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