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Compromise Struck in Treatment of Omaha Killer

Nikko Jenkins
Nikko Jenkins

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has allowed a compromise that will see the state’s psychiatric hospital staff treat a man found too mentally unfit to undergo sentencing for killing four people.

But Nikko Jenkins will not be housed at the state’s psychiatric hospital. Instead, Lincoln Regional Center doctors will treat Jenkins at a Lincoln prison, where he will be housed.

Douglas County District Judge Peter Bataillon said at a hearing Tuesday that the hospital staff will be solely responsible for restoring Jenkins to competency so he can participate in a hearing before a three-judge panel that will determine whether he receives the death penalty.

Bataillon allowed the compromise after officials testified Tuesday that the Lincoln Regional Center lacked proper security to house a dangerous killer.

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