{"id":11192,"date":"2015-05-21T17:21:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T00:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11192"},"modified":"2015-05-22T15:08:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T22:08:33","slug":"state-sen-al-davis-r-on-veto-proof-vote-to-ban-nebraskas-death-penalty-bradcast-5212015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11192","title":{"rendered":"State Sen. Al Davis (R) on ‘Veto Proof’ Vote to Ban Nebraska’s Death Penalty: ‘BradCast’ 5\/21\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a bunch of breaking news on The BradCast<\/em><\/a> today — out of Baltimore<\/a>, on Gov. Don Siegelman (D-AL)’s rejected criminal appeal<\/a>, on Jeb Bush’s latest easily disprovable nonsense<\/a> in hopes to rewriting Iraq and his brother’s criminal culpability in it — I was delighted to move on to some very encouraging news out of Nebraska<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, in Nebraska’s unique, non-partisan unicameral state Senate, Republicans and Democrats voted — with a “veto proof majority” — to end the use of the death penalty in the state. The move, in the pretty deeply Republican state, seems to have shocked many, particularly with the state’s Republican Governor having just announced his purchase of a a new batch of drugs to kill people with…from a very<\/i> questionable source<\/a>.<\/p>\n

State Sen. Al Davis (R-District 43)<\/a>, one of those who voted to end the state’s immoral killing of prisoners, joined me on today’s show to explain why he voted as he did (on this matter and in the recent bipartisan rejection<\/a> of a polling place Photo ID voting restriction); whether he believes the “veto proof” majority on the death penalty ban will hold at this point; why the state’s unicameral, non-partisan chamber seems to result in common sense alliances rarely seen elsewhere across our dysfunctional partisan landscape; and what other surprising moves (yes, increased taxes and more!) may soon come out of the majority Republican statehouse.<\/p>\n

All of that today, along with a thought on David Letterman’s departure and Desi Doyen with the latest, very oily, Green News Report<\/em><\/a>…<\/p>\n

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