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Bill to abolish Nebraska death penalty is pulled

Story Created: Jan 27, 2012 at 4:42 PM CST

Story Updated: Jan 27, 2012 at 5:41 PM CST

A measure to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska has been pulled from debate in the Legislature. Omaha Sen. Brenda Council filed a motion Friday to indefinitely postpone her own bill until she can learn more about how state officials obtained a lethal injection drug.

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning has produced documents that show an Indian drug broker bought the sodium thopenthal from a Swiss manufacturer, and then sold the doses to Nebraska.

Council says she will likely seek to revive the bill for more debate later in the session.

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