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Omaha Steve

(99,898 posts) Sat Jun 27, 2015, 10:53 AM Jun 2015

Pete and Joe Ricketts have contributed $200,000 to pro-death penalty group

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Paul Hammel

LINCOLN — Gov. Pete Ricketts and his father, T.D. Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, have contributed a total of $200,000 of the $244,000 raised so far by a group seeking a referendum to retain Nebraska’s death penalty.

Nebraskans for the Death Penalty released some preliminary figures Friday on contributions and expenditures, ahead of a Tuesday deadline to report its financials to the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission.

Chris Peterson, a spokesman for the referendum group, said that while the organization is grateful for the support from the governor and his father, more donations are needed.

“We’re hoping that more Nebraskans step forward and lend a hand to help save the death penalty,” Peterson said.

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Pete and Joe Ricketts have contributed $200,000 to pro-death penalty group (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2015 OP

Mercy! Mercy, for the love of God! HassleCat Jun 2015 #1

WTF is their obsession with putting people to death? TwilightGardener Jun 2015 #2

Hey, they bought the Chicago Cubs. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2015 #7

Do you think any of us are murielm99 Jun 2015 #14

Talk about bad choices. Grrrrr. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2015 #15

dear god marym625 Jun 2015 #3

Disgusting that anyone can call themselves pro death anything IVoteDFL Jun 2015 #4

The outrageously expensive and ineffective punishment model for crime used in America is yet another Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #5

Ah..Yeah...tell how important the Death Penalty is to those that have walked out of prison... BlueJazz Jun 2015 #6

Which is why the law could easily be changed. 7962 Jun 2015 #12

Just trying to wrap my brain around who would actually donate to such a cause... Sienna86 Jun 2015 #8

If so popular, why do they have to pay people to circulate petitions? Sienna86 Jun 2015 #9

They're Out In Force Already DallasNE Jun 2015 #10

I saw one too hibbing Jun 2015 #16

"...help save the death penalty." Iggo Jun 2015 #11

Unbelievable. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #13

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

1. Mercy! Mercy, for the love of God!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 10:58 AM

Jun 2015

“We’re hoping that more Nebraskans step forward and lend a hand to help save the death penalty,” Peterson said.

"Don't let the death penalty die!" (hysterical sobbing) "It's been our friend for years, our only source of joy, our sole outlet for revenge and biblical retribution. Send money now!"

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)

2. WTF is their obsession with putting people to death?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:00 AM

Jun 2015

How could such a fucking psycho come from nice little Nebraska City?

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

7. Hey, they bought the Chicago Cubs.

Reply to TwilightGardener (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:51 AM

Jun 2015

That explains everything.

murielm99

(30,791 posts)

14. Do you think any of us are

Reply to ChairmanAgnostic (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 06:43 PM

Jun 2015

happy about that? Hell, no.

I don't know which is worse, that family buying the Cubs, or Rauner.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

15. Talk about bad choices. Grrrrr.

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #14)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 06:59 PM

Jun 2015

The cops Union is finally realizing what they did. Had they gone with labor, no Rauner. But, instead, they voted against their best interests. Again.

marym625

(17,997 posts)

3. dear god

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:02 AM

Jun 2015

Sick! Sick, sick , dick!

On edit. The "dick" was a typo but I am leaving it

IVoteDFL

(417 posts)

4. Disgusting that anyone can call themselves pro death anything

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:10 AM

Jun 2015

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

5. The outrageously expensive and ineffective punishment model for crime used in America is yet another

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:20 AM

Jun 2015

consequence of Americans allowing religion into politics....it is a secular nation, asshats.

Christians do NOT rule!

"We are pro-death" call themselves both Christians AND sane?

These certain Christian sects...they really do have an angry and vengeful diety, don't they?

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

6. Ah..Yeah...tell how important the Death Penalty is to those that have walked out of prison...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 11:45 AM

Jun 2015

....from death row after being exonerated for their crime. (s)

7962

(11,841 posts)

12. Which is why the law could easily be changed.

Reply to BlueJazz (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 04:26 PM

Jun 2015

Changed so that the DP could only be applied in cases where the guilt of the accused is NEVER in doubt. Perfect example; the Charleston shooter. The Atlanta courthouse shooter. That guy on the run right now in NY. Gacy. Etc Etc. There is NO DOUBT as to their guilt; most having been caught in the act.
An example of the other side; OJ Simpson. I'm pretty damn sure he killed those two, but he wasnt caught red handed and much of the evidence was circumstantial. NO dp for him.

Sienna86

(2,150 posts)

8. Just trying to wrap my brain around who would actually donate to such a cause...

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:13 PM

Jun 2015

Why?

Sienna86

(2,150 posts)

9. If so popular, why do they have to pay people to circulate petitions?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:19 PM

Jun 2015

Per article.

DallasNE

(7,404 posts)

10. They're Out In Force Already

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:19 PM

Jun 2015

Yesterday I went to the County Treasurer's office to renew my car tags and was hit up by a middle-aged woman to sign the petition. I declined. I'm sure this will not be the first such encounter I will face in the coming weeks. Her spiel was pretty polished so I am pretty sure she will get some signatures from people that don't realize what signing the petition really means.

hibbing

(10,117 posts)

16. I saw one too

Reply to DallasNE (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 09:38 PM

Jun 2015

Was at the library and there was a young kid out there trying to get signatures. The governor uses some of his inherited money to do all he can to fulfill his blood lust, what a strange place we live in.

Peace

Iggo

(47,604 posts)

11. "...help save the death penalty."

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 03:14 PM

Jun 2015

He said those words.

Judi Lynn

(160,707 posts)

13. Unbelievable. n/t

Reply to Iggo (Reply #11)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 05:37 PM

Jun 2015

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