WHAT: Public hearing set for death penalty issue on November ballot TIME: 6:30 p.m. DATE: Thursday, Oct. 13 PLACE: University of Nebraska at Kearney, Student Union Ponderosa Room E TOPIC: Referendum No. 426 asks voters to either retain or repeal Legislative Bill 268. In 2015, state lawmakers voted in favor of LB 268, which abolished the death penalty and also set a maximum penalty for a first-degree murder conviction at life in prison. Voters are being asked to … [Read more...] about UNK host site for public hearing on Nebraska death penalty
Death Penalty
Ray Krone, wrongly convicted of murder, to speak at UNK
“Wrongfully Convicted. Sentenced to Die.” PRESENTER: Ray Krone BIO: In 1992, Ray Krone was found guilty for killing an Arizona bartender. The woman was found dead in a Phoenix bar where Krone often played darts. Labeled the "Snaggletooth Killer," he spent 10 years in prison, including two years on death row. In 2002, Krone left prison after DNA evidence proved he did not murder the victim. Evidence also identified the real killer, Kenneth Phillips, a repeatedly violent … [Read more...] about Ray Krone, wrongly convicted of murder, to speak at UNK
