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$54,400

Amount Nebraska, which just became the first conservative state to ban the death penalty in decades, spent to import illegal execution drugs from India. The state bought enough to carry out more than 300 executions but only has 10 inmates on death row.

Amount Nebraska, which just became the first conservative state to ban the death penalty in decades, spent to import illegal execution drugs from India. The state bought enough to carry out more than 300 executions but only has 10 inmates on death row.

Daniel Luzer is GOVERNING's news editor.