The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska is challenging whether the state has the authority to execute the remaining prisoners on death row.

Executive Director Danielle Conrad says the organization’s challenge argues that when legislators initially repealed the death penalty, inmates on death row had their sentences changed from death, to life in prison…

Conrad says the question put in front of the Nebraska Supreme Court is whether the initial law effectively reverted the existing sentences of the inmates, something the state says only the State Pardons Board has the authority to do.

Conrad says the challenge is just one of many being planned by death penalty opponents…

Conrad says as long as there’s the death penalty in Nebraska, opponents such as the ACLU will look for every legal option available to end the practice for good.