Capital Punishment

After a hearing at Senate Judiciary Committee, South Dakota will continue the practice of executing inmates. In a morning of emotionally charged testimony, a narrow vote has kept the practice in place.

Capital punishment remains a contentious topic for lawmakers across America. This week, that debate returns to the state Senate Judiciary Committee.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has unanimously upheld the conviction of the state's last death-row inmate.Briley Piper has been appealing his death…

In The Moment ... October 28, 2019 Show 688 Hour 2Dennis Davis is a spokesman for South Dakotans for an Alternative to the Death Penalty. Davis visits…

Sister Helen Prejean is the author of "Dead Man Walking," "The Death of Innocents," and "River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey." She joins In the Moment…

A bill to end the death penalty in South Dakota failed in the state legislature. State Senator Art Rusch, who spent many years as a prosecutor and circuit…