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    Barbara WallraffNovember 2006 Issue
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  • Out of Spite: The Governor of Nebraska’s Threat to Execute Prisoners

    After his state abolishes the death penalty, Governor Pete Ricketts vows to apply it to the ten inmates still on death row.

    Garrett EppsJune 5, 2015
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