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Minimum QO-year manslaughter term added to bill
Dy Psuh Dittiick
During floor debate Wednesday about a bill to abolish
capital punishment Li Nebraska, senators voted to add an
amendment making 30 years imprisonment the minimum
punishment for a manslaughter conviction.
The bill, LC54 introduced by Omaha Sen, Ernie
Chambers, is dtted for more discussion today. A motion
by Scotia Sen. Dinnis Rasmussen to indefinitely postpone
dirusdr.g the bill was defeated 28-17,
Omsha Sea. Neil Simon introduced the amendment
which eliminates "' any possibility of parole for
rr.sr.slaihtrr convictions.
He add the "biest concern" many people have
about abolishing the death penalty is that they fear con
victed murderers will walk the streets six or seven years
after being sentenced.
The amendment does not prevent the pardons board
from reducing ths sentence, but Simon said this board has
never commuted a life sentence to less than 30 years.
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The pardons board consists of Gov. J. James Exon,
Secretary of State Allen Beermann, and Attorney General
Paul Douglas.
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Chambers told legislators the hoard is making a
"decision on which four lives hang." Four men now are
waiting on death row. The execution dates for three are
set for June 22, June 29, and J61y 1, he said.
"Right now there is a death penalty and I think it
ought not to be," Chambers said. He said he had visited
the penitentiary and nothing has been done to prepare
the electric chair which Chambers claimed officials are
hoping they will not have to ua.
Chambers criticized Rasmusssn and accused him cf
bringing the death penalty back to the state.
Claiming nobody wants to bear the responsibility of an
execution, Chambers said legators would be required
to witness an execution which he described as dirty,
horrid affair." ' -
More than 35 countries and nine states have abolished
capital punishment, he said.
Statement d'ntdl
Sen. John DeCamp of Nellgh disputed Chambers
statement that capital punishment does not deter crime.
DeCamp said that before capital punishment deters
crime it must "be applied in such a way to make it
certain" that the sentence will be enforced.
He said the way to add clout to the death penalty will
be an amendment proposed by the Judiciary Committee
during last year's session.
DeCamp did not introduce an amendment but waited
to see if Kasmussen'i motion to postpone discussion on
LE54 carried. ' "
Rasmusssn proposed the motion, spying senators
should "leave the law as it is and proceed with other
business."
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exchanges among two Boeing 747 pilots and the airport
tower here, giving investigators a record of events leading
up to aviation's worst disaster. Authorities said the tapes
would be flown to Washington at the request of Dutch
and American officials.
Washinston The House commit tea on assassinations.
j. facfas a lifeor-death vote on the House floor, accepted
flSWS OIGSSt th resignation of chief counsel KIcKard" A. Sprague on
w Wednesday in an effort to save the panel. The House was
to voie laier on wnetner to renew the tenure of the
committee, established to investigate the murders of Presi
dent John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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