Laws affecting the justice system were repealed or approved in three areas at Tuesday’s election. Here’s a brief summary of the developments: Death Penalty For the past two years, KOC has followed developments in the death penalty around the country. This week three states had questions on their ballots that dealt directly with it. In Nebraska, the death penalty had been previously repealed but voters chose to undo that and reinstate the ultimate punishment. Soon after the results were in, Nebraska’s governor vowed to resume executions. But a State Senator, who opposes the death penalty, said he’ll introduce legislation to abolish it. In California where almost 750 people are on death row and where executions are rare, voters decided to keep the death penalty but made some adjustments—they approved limiting appeals and expediting executions. By the way, I was outside…

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