Nebraska's longest serving death row inmate will not be pardoned from his death sentence.
Tuesday morning, during the Pardon Board's meeting, Carey Dean Moore was denied the full pardon he applied for earlier this month.
Moore was convicted of First Degree Murder for the 1979 shooting deaths of two Omaha cab drivers. In Moore's pardon request he wrote:
"I am requesting a Full Pardon. I have been on Nebraska’s Death Row for over 37 years, and the State of Nebraska hasn’t been successful carrying out an execution on me; apparently, they do not want to execute me even though I haven’t filed any appeals in over 10 years. Therefore, since they are either lazy or incompetent to do their jobs or both, I should receive a Full Pardon.”
The convicted murderer has faced several execution dates set, most recently in 2011, but courts have stayed them. In January, Moore was notified by state officials of the drugs they intend to use in his execution. Secretary of State John Gale tells 6 News that now the state will write Moore's writ of execution, the next step in the execution process. After he receives the writ, Moore can appeal it.
Nebraska's last execution was in 1997 when Robert Williams was electrocuted for the murders of three women. The state has since adopted a lethal injection protocol.