Nebraska has a tumultuous history with the death penalty. Over the last quarter century, its legislature repealed the death penalty, voters reinstated the death penalty, and the State has put one person to death. Carey Dean Moore was executed by lethal injection in 2018. Before that, the last person executed was Robert Williams via the electric chair in 1997. READ MORE: Brother, witnesses recall Carey Dean Moore's final hours before executionThere are no scheduled executions in Nebraska. Nebraska lawmakers are now exploring alternatives to lethal injection, like nitrogen hypoxia. Related video above: First-ever person executed by nitrogen as Nebraska proposes new death penalty methodAs of February 2024, there are 11 men who've spent a combined 177 years on death row. John LotterSentence started in February 1996John Lotter, born in 1971, was convicted in the rape and murder of Brandon Teena, a transgender man, who died on December 31, 1993 in Humboldt, Nebraska. Three days prior, Lotter and another man, Thomas Nissen, were questioned by Falls City Police about rape allegations. Lotter was convicted of shooting and killing Teena, along with witnesses Lisa Lambert and Phillip DeVine. Nissen was convicted of first degree murder in the death of Teena, and second degree murder for the deaths of DeVine and Lambert. Nissen didn't testify at his own trial, but testified against Lotter. Lotter has appealed his death sentence numerous times, but been denied. Raymond MataSentence started in June 2000Raymond Mata, born in 1973, was convicted in the kidnapping and death of 3-year-old Adam Gomez in February 1999. Adam Gomez was the son of Mata's ex-girlfriend. At Mata's sister's home in Scottsbluff (where Mata was staying), investigators found evidence tying Mata to the boy's death in the trash, the ceiling, and in Mata's sister's dog. Mata's sentence was most recently upheld in 2019. He filed again for post-conviction relief in January 2024.Jeffrey HesslerSentence started in August 2003Jeffrey Hessler, born in 1978, was convicted of raping and killing 15-year-old Heather Guerrero, a newspaper carrier in Scotts Bluff County. Guerrero disappeared during her newspaper route in February 2003. Her body was found shot-to-death in an abandoned basement one day after her disappearance. Hessler had his most recent appeal denied in 2021. Jose SandovalSentence started in September 2003Jose Sandoval, born in 1979, was convicted of killing three people and being the leader of a Norfolk bank robbery that left five dead. In September 2002, five people were killed in less than a minute when Sandoval and two others tried to rob the U.S. Bank. The group shot and killed four bank employees and one customer. It was all caught on camera. Video shows Sandoval killing Jo Mausbach, Samuel Sun, and Evonne Tuttle. Sandoval was set to be executed by lethal injection before Carey Dean Moore, but the State proceeded to execute Moore first, instead. His most recent appeal for postconviction relief was denied in 2019. Erick VelaSentence started in December 2003Erick Vela, born in 1980, was convicted along with Sandoval in the deadly 2002 bank robbery in Norfolk. According to court documents, video evidence shows Vela killing bank employee Lisa Bryant.All attempts at postconviction relief have been denied.Jorge GalindoSentence started in March 2004Jorge Galindo, born in 1981, was convicted along with Sandoval and Vela in the deadly bank robbery in Norfolk. According to case files, he shot and killed bank employee Lola Elwood. He also fired in the direction of a customer running away from the bank, but that person survived. Galindo was arrested that same day in O'Neill, Nebraska.In December 2023, Galindo filed a writ of habeas corpus in federal court hoping to have his death penalty sentence overturned. Marco TorresSentence started in February 2008Marco Torres, born in 1975, killed two Grand Island men. He was convicted in the deaths of Edward Hall and Timothy Donohue, who were discovered during a welfare check and found shot-to-death in Hall's house in March 2007. Torres was arrested in Texas a few weeks after the murders, extradited back to Nebraska, and convicted. Torres had a hearing as recently as February 2024 in federal court as his defense team continues to try to get his death penalty sentence overturned. Roy EllisSentence started in November 2007Roy Ellis, Born in 1954, was convicted of killing 12-year-old Amber Harris. Amber was last seen leaving her school bus in November 2005. Her body was found six months later at a secluded area in Hummel Park in Omaha. DNA on Amber's backpack, which was found near Ellis's home, connected him to the crime. Ellis was a registered sex offender at the time. Ellis was denied postconviction relief by the Nebraska Supreme Court in June 2022. Nikko JenkinsSentence started in May 2017Nikko Jenkins, born in 1986, was convicted of the killings of Juan Uribe-Pena, Jorge Cajiga-Ruiz, Curtis Bradford, and Andrea Kruger. The four people were killed over a 10-day span in August 2013. In September 2013, Jenkins confessed to the murders. He told investigators they were acts of sacrifice to Apophis. Bradford was the only victim Jenkins knew. The other three were random targets. Anthony GarciaSentence started in September 2018Born in 1973, Anthony Garcia, was convicted of killing four people, two each in 2008 and 2013. In March 2008, a father found the bodies of his son, 11-year-old Thomas Hunter, and the family's house cleaner, 57-year-old Shirlee Sherman, at their home in the Dundee area of Omaha. They were both stabbed to death. Five years later, in May 2013, the bodies of Roger Brumback and Mary Brumback were discovered in their home, also in Omaha. Roger was shot, but both were killed in a similar manner.Garcia was later arrested in Illinois. Prosecutors believe he committed the murders as revenge for his termination from Creighton's pathology residency program. In 2023, the Nebraska Supreme Court denied an appeal from Garcia. Aubrey TrailSentence started in June 2021Born in 1966, Aubrey Trail was convicted, along with his co-defendant Bailey Boswell, in the death and disappearance of Sydney Loofe. Loofe lived and worked in Lincoln at the time. She met Boswell online on the dating app Tinder in November 2017. Boswell brought Loofe back to where she and Trail lived in Wilber. Trail said the murder wasn't planned and that he strangled Loofe with an electric cord. Loofe's dismembered body was found in Clay County several days later. Boswell and Trail were arrested soon after. In 2023, Trail asked the State of Nebraska to set an execution date, but new court filings show he's now trying to get his death sentence overturned. Boswell was sentenced to life in prison.