Barring a last minute stay, the State of Nebraska will execute convicted murderer Carey Dean Moore at 10:00 Tuesday morning. Moore, the nation's longest serving death row inmate, will be the state's first execution in over 20 years.
German pharmaceutical company Fresenius Kabi lost an appeal that attempted to stop the execution from happening a few days ago. Nebraska state officials have not identified the source of the execution drug, something the appeal from the pharmaceutical company called for.
People could be seen protesting the execution in Lincoln on Monday, but Governor Pete Ricketts said the state is moving ahead with the execution, despite protests. "The Department of Corrections has a protocol that's been laid out very clearly for the public, and they've been going through practicing that protocol as we've gotten closer to date. They've been practicing it more often so that we can be ready to go for Tuesday."
The American Civil Liberties Union recently filed a request asking the State Supreme Court to delay the execution. The group argues the execution should be delayed until the court hears arguments in a separate case focused on the legislature's 2015 vote to abolish capitol punishment.
The ACLU issued a statement about the pharmaceutical company's push to stop the execution saying they "commend them for intervening to ensure their products were not obtained illegally or are being used for illicit purposes."
The lethal injection will involve a combination of four drugs, a cocktail which has never been used in an execution before.