Nebraska's longest-serving death row inmate now knows the time he will be put to death.
Friday, Nebraska Prisons Director Scott Frakes announced that Carey Dean Moore will be executed at 10:00 AM at the Nebraska State Penitentiary on August 14. The Nebraska Supreme Court set his execution date earlier this month.
Moore has been on death row since 1980 when he was found guilty for the 1979 shooting deaths of Omaha cab drivers Reuel Van Ness, Jr. and Maynard Helgeland.
Execution procedure calls for contacting witnesses who will be present for the execution. State law allows three witnesses to attend on behalf of Moore, in addition to one member of the clergy. Up to three witnesses may also attend on behalf of the victims’ families. .
Director Frakes may designate up to six additional people to witness the execution, two of whom must be professional members of the Nebraska news media.
This will be the state's first execution since 1997 and the first using lethal injection.