End of Nebraska's Electric Chair

In a 6-1 ruling, Nebraska's State Supreme Court declared the use of the electric chair as being unconstitutional (under Nebraska's Constitution). As the electric chair was the state's only means of execution, this means that Nebraska, for the time being, is in effect without the death penalty.

This is a particularly interesting development as there had been some speculation as to whether or not the de facto moratorium on lethal injection would in some way be applied to states that do not use lethal injection as the primary means of execution.

The opinion can be found here and a lengthier analysis at SCOTUS Blog.

The sole method of execution in Indiana is lethal injection.