From the Lincoln Journal Star:
Before voters go to the polls on Nov. 8 to vote on whether they want to put the death penalty back on the books in Nebraska, they ought to think about the learning process undergone by Christy Sheppard.
If voters are able to put themselves in her shoes, they too are likely to reach the same conclusion Sheppard did: the death penalty should be abolished.
Sheppard shared her story last week in appearances in Omaha, Grand Island, Kearney and Hastings.
Sheppard was a supporter of the death penalty when here cousin was raped and murdered in 1982.
She was a supporter of the death penalty when two men were arrested in 1987 and charged with murdering her cousin. Upon conviction, Ron Williamson was sentenced to death, and Dennis Fritz was sentenced to life in prison.
Then 11 years later DNA testing proved that Williamson and Fritz had been wrongfully convicted.
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