OMAHA, Neb. – Three times in the past four years, Nebraska prosecutors have sought death sentences, and each time they have been successful.
Within a couple months, two more people convicted of a grisly murder could also be sentenced to death. But as the state adds to its death row population, the lawyers, judges and prison officials who oversee Nebraska's system of capital punishment largely ignore the fact that the state has no lethal injection drugs and very likely won’t get any for years, if ever.
Those sentenced to death have a better chance of dying of natural causes than being executed. While the nation remains divided over capital punishment, Nebraska stands out for its peculiar version of the institution: it's still wedded to the