There is also a shortage of the chemicals needed for lethal injections because pharmaceutical firms, mainly those located in Europe where the death penalty has been abolished, refuse to supply them. The death penalty was not a major issue in the presidential campaign, as neither Trump nor Hillary Clinton oppose it. - Ban lifted -Nebraska, a bit further to the north and also strongly Republican, reinstated the death penalty by a vote of 61 percent in favor. The referendum rescinds a law banning the death penalty that the state legislature passed last year. This problem affects nearly all of the 31 US states that allow the death penalty.

Source: Bangkok Post November 12, 2016 03:46 UTC