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Heineman Defends DCS

Heineman Defends DCS

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Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman sees little good in second-guessing the Nikko Jenkins case.
Jenkins is accused of killing four Omaha residents after being released early from prison.
Heineman says the legislative committee investigating the case shouldn’t just review the steps taken by the Department of Correctional Services to release Jenkins from prison. . .

 

Heineman rejects suggestions by some legislators that the Department of Correctional Services should have done more to take away the good time credit Jenkins earned automatically. . .


Heineman says the law should be changed so that inmates earn any credit they receive for good behavior while in prison.