October 29
SOUTH DAKOTA:
South Dakota execution delayed for hours past scheduled time
A South Dakota inmate and the family of the prison guard he killed in a failed
escape 7 years ago waited Monday for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether
his execution should be halted,
October 29
SOUTH DAKOTA:
South Dakota execution waits for court ruling
South Dakota's attorney general says the state is waiting for direction after a
lawyer asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution of an inmate who
killed a prison guard.
Rodney Berget was scheduled to
Feb. 11
SOUTH DAKOTA:
Death penalty repeal defeated by Senate panel
A legislative committee has defeated a bill that would replace South Dakota's
death penalty with a life in prison without parole sentence.
The Senate State Affairs Committee voted down the bill over calls from 2
May 27
SOUTH DAKOTA:
2 Brothers Sentenced to Death in Separate States
Rodney Berget lives in a single cell on South Dakota's death row, rarely
leaving the tiny room where he awaits execution for bludgeoning a prison guard
to death with a pipe during an attempted escape.
For Berget's
July 8
SOUTH DAKOTAimpending execution//volunteer
Is execution plan flawed?Vague state law could lead to problems,
experts say
A new state policy on executions lacks crucial details, raising the
specter that South Dakota could botch its 1st execution in 60 years, some
experts
Feb. 27
SOUTH DAKOTAimpending summer execution//volunteer
Rounds Signs Execution Change
Unless he changes his mind, Elijah Page will become the 1st person to be
executed by the state of South Dakota since 1947.
Page, who has asked to be put to death, was scheduled for lethal
August 26
SOUTH DAKOTAimpending volunteer execution
Voluntary execution shortens debatePage's decision to die clouds moral
issue
Elijah Page's willingness to die next week spares South Dakota the delay
that's come with other death penalty cases, and it might frustrate those
August 13
SOUTH DAKOTA:
Man seeks execution in South Dakota
A man set to die by injection, would be the 1st to be executed in South
Dakota in 59 years.
Elijah Page, 24, has asked to fire his lawyer, forgo appeals and die by
injection for his role in the March 13, 2000, slaying of
March 25
SOUTH DAKOTA:
Interfaith group holds anti-death penalty vigil
A few dozen activists gathered outside the State Penitentiary holding
South Dakota's 4 death row inmates Friday for a vigil against the death
penalty.
After a musical call to prayer and a declaration of the aims of the
