Lethal Injection

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…

A South Dakota death row inmate’s conviction and sentence stand. A ruling from the United States Supreme Court Monday denies Rodney Berget’s request to…

South Dakota’s Seventh Circuit Court rejected a death row inmate’s challenge to the state’s method of execution Thursday. Charles Russell Rhines filed a…

Lawmakers in Pierre are wrangling over open records around death penalty. Senate Bill 36 seeks to increase the fines and jail time for anyone who…

The companies and pharmacists that provide the state with drugs for lethal injections are one step closer to keeping their identity hidden. The South…

South Dakota lawyers argue whether a death row inmate’s lethal injection should happen next week. Donald Moeller got his final appeal dismissed earlier…

A South Dakota death row inmate who gave up all of his appeals has to return to federal court next week. That’s because an outside attorney has filed…

SDPB News Director was part of the media pool that covered the execution of Eric Robert on Monday night. Robert had pleaded guilty in the April 12, 2011,…

SDPB News Director Cara Hetland is part of the media pool that is covering tonight's execution of Eric Robert. Robert, 50, pleaded guilty to the April 12,…

Richard Dieter, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C., discusses the scheduled executions of Eric Robert and…