The bill to replace Nebraska's now-outlawed electric chair with lethal injection is moving through the legislature. Yesterday, a Maryland-style amendment to reduce the death penalty to a token few murders was walloped 31-7. Paul Hammel has this story in the Omaha World-Herald.

Update: The story linked above has been updated to indicate that a second amendment on an outright repeal was defeated 33-13. The legislature's website indicates that the bill, in substantially its original form as a method-of-execution bill, has been approved by the committee. Nebraska's legislature has only one house.