BREAKING: Repeal moves forward in Nebraska!

It’s a big day in Nebraska: a key committee voted unanimously for death penalty repeal! The sponsor of the bill, Senator Ernie Chambers told the Lincoln Journal Star that this was “as good a chance to get it passed as there has ever been.”

Nebraskans from all over the state descended on the capital last week to meet with their Senators about the death penalty. A press conference featuring more than two dozen family members of murder victims generated an avalanche of amazing stories about how Nebraska’s death penalty needs to go.

Judiciary Committee members obviously listened. The bill now goes to the floor of the Unicameral Legislature.

Momentum is on our side, but we haven’t won yet. We’re working hard on the ground with our state partners, Nebraskans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

Please help to shine the spotlight on Nebraska to back us up. Share our photo on Facebook to help spread the word.

If you live in Nebraska, please take action to contact your state Senator today: https://ejusa.org/act/NE

By Shari Silberstein

Since 2000, Shari Silberstein has dedicated her career to transforming the justice system from one that harms to one that heals. Under her leadership, and using campaign strategies she helped develop, Equal Justice USA has helped end the death penalty in nine states, built first-of-its-kind conservative and evangelical coalitions for justice reform, secured millions in state funding for healing services to families of murder victims, launched an innovative model for training and dialogue between police and communities on trauma and race equity, and strengthened dozens of local organizations across the nation working for justice, violence reduction, and healing. Shari has been a national voice in helping to break down the silos between criminal justice reformers and crime survivor advocates. Her expertise has been a source in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and Harper’s Magazine, and she has written op-eds for an array of media outlets, including Fox News, the Marshall Project, and U.S. News and World Report. Shari has a bachelor's degree in film from New York University and a master's degree in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Texas at Austin.