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Nebraska Constitution
Adopted by Constitutional Convention June 12, 1875
Ratified by vote of the People October 12, 1875 Became effective upon Admission November 1, 1875Sections
Article I
Due process of law; equal protection
Bail; fines; imprisonment; cruel and unusual punishment
Presentment or indictment by grand jury; information
Evidence against self; double jeopardy
Justice administered without delay; Legislature; authorization to enforce mediation and arbitration
Penalties; corruption of blood; transporting out of state prohibited
Bill of attainder; retroactive laws; contracts; special privileges
Right of peaceable assembly and to petition government
Imprisonment for debt prohibited
Private property compensated for
Capital cases; right of direct appeal; effect; other cases; right of appeal
Repealed 1990. Laws 1990, LR 8, sec. 1
Rights of property; no discrimination; aliens
English language to be official
Crime victims; rights enumerated; effect; Legislature; duties
