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A 2012 attempt to abolish the death penalty via ballot initiative failed, with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.themarshallproject.org\/2015\/11\/19\/the-unfolding-campaign-to-save-the-death-penalty\u0022\u003E52 percent voting to retain the penalty\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENebraska voters will vote to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/retainajustnebraska.com\/\u0022\u003Eretain\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nebraskansforthedeathpenalty.com\/\u0022\u003Ereject\u003C\/a\u003E their legislature\u2019s decision to abolish the death penalty. If they reject the legislature\u2019s decision, Nebraska will be the first US state in 21 years to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.deathpenaltyinfo.org\/kansas-1\u0022\u003Ereinstate the death penalty after abolishing it\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe number of people being executed in the US is falling \u2013 15 so far this year, most of them in Texas and Georgia. 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