FALSE PROMISES In the Battle Over Nebraska’s Death Penalty, Victims’ Families Refuse to Be Political Pawns

MIRIAM THIMM KELLE carries a grim treasury to illustrate the lack of closure the death penalty brings for families of murder victims: a thick album of news stories about her brother, James, the victim in one of the most violent and disturbing murders in Nebraska’s history. She brought the book with her last year to the Nebraska State Capitol, where it sat by her side during a hearing in which she urged lawmakers to pass a bill abolishing capital punishment once and for all.READ MORE:https://theintercept.com/2-016/06/20/in-the-battleover-nebraskas-death-penalty-victims-families-refuse-to-be-political-pawns/