Rick Halperin
2018-10-29 19:35:15 UTC
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 be put to death at 1:30 p.m. Monday. Attorney
General Marty Jackley said after the scheduled execution time had passed that
he would address reporters once a decision is reached.
Attorney Juliet Yackel says in her U.S. Supreme Court filing that Berget is
intellectually disabled. The state Supreme Court earlier denied a motion from
Yackel arguing that Berget lacks the intellectual capacity to receive capital
punishment. Berget asked that court to dismiss Yackel's petition.
Berget is to be put to death for the slaying of Ronald "R.J." Johnson in a
failed 2011 escape.
(source: Associated Press)
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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 be put to death at 1:30 p.m. Monday. Attorney
General Marty Jackley said after the scheduled execution time had passed that
he would address reporters once a decision is reached.
Attorney Juliet Yackel says in her U.S. Supreme Court filing that Berget is
intellectually disabled. The state Supreme Court earlier denied a motion from
Yackel arguing that Berget lacks the intellectual capacity to receive capital
punishment. Berget asked that court to dismiss Yackel's petition.
Berget is to be put to death for the slaying of Ronald "R.J." Johnson in a
failed 2011 escape.
(source: Associated Press)
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