Nebraska County Cleared to Raise Sales Tax to Pay $28 Million for Wrongfully Convicted ‘Beatrice Six’

(LINCOLN, Neb.) — Nebraska lawmakers have cleared the way for a rural county to impose a half-cent sales tax to pay a $28.1 million legal debt to six people wrongfully convicted of murder.

Senators voted 41-8 on Tuesday to override the veto of Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts, who opposed the measure because it would allow the tax without approval from voters. Thirty votes were required for the override.

(LINCOLN, Neb.) — Nebraska lawmakers have cleared the way for a rural county to impose a half-cent sales tax to pay a $28.1 million legal debt to six people wrongfully convicted of murder. Senators voted 41-8 on Tuesday to override the veto of Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts, who opposed the measure because it would allow the tax without approval from voters. Thirty votes were required for the override.