Nebraska Penal Code Made Simple

by Kimani Upshur, M.Ed.

Most people never learn criminal law until they need it — at a traffic stop, in a holding cell, or across the table from a prosecutor. By then, it is too late to learn it calmly. Nebraska Penal Code Made Simple is your plain-English guide to the criminal law of Nebraska, built on the real code: the Nebraska Criminal Code, Chapter 28 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes. In twelve short chapters, Kimani Upshur explains how Chapter 28 is organized, how crimes are graded from infractions to death-penalty felonies, and what the major offenses mean — homicide, assault, strangulation, stalking, kidnapping, domestic assault, sexual assault, theft, burglary, robbery, arson, drug crimes, weapons offenses, fraud, and DUI. You will learn what defenses the law recognizes, including Nebraska’s justification and use-of-force rules, and what happens from arrest through trial, sentencing, and beyond. Every chapter ends with ‘Know the Law’ takeaways and ‘Protect Yourself’ action steps, built on the framework’s guiding triad: Know. Respect. Protect. — working knowledge of the rules, respect for how consequences compound, and the habits that protect your future. This is general education, not legal advice, and the book says so plainly. Written from a Christian worldview — Scripture first.