
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man convicted for his roles in two cult-related murders in 1985 will have to wait another month on his commutation request.
Timothy Haverkamp wants the Nebraska Board of Pardons to commute his second-degree murder sentence of 10 years to life. The Lincoln Journal Star says (https://bit.ly/1aZidzJ) the board ran out of time Wednesday and didn’t consider whether to grant Haverkamp and others hearings on their requests.
Gov. Dave Heineman sits on the board with Secretary of State John Gale and Attorney General Jon Bruning, and the governor said the leftover applications would be heard first at the board’s Jan. 30 meeting.
The 51-year-old Haverkamp was paroled in 2009. One of the victims, fellow cult member James Thimm, was beaten, sexually abused, shot and partially skinned while still alive.