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| SD execution halted; Okla. goes ahead |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/30/2006 |
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PIERRE, SD - The first execution of a South Dakota prison inmate in 59 years was abruptly stopped after the governor said the law concerning lethal injection protocols was outdated. Rounds and Attorney General Larry Long said that a 1984 law requires the state to use two drugs to kill a condemned person but prison officials planned to use the standard three-drug combination used by other states that administer lethal injections. Also Tuesday, Oklahoma inmate Eric Allen Patton was executed at Oklahoma State Penitentiary for the 1994 murder of 56-year-old Charlene Kauer. Rounds said he learned of the legal problem last week after reading an Aug. 14 transcript of a competency hearing for Page. Another death row inmate also raised the issue in June as part of his appeal. Page, who murdered Chester Allan Poage of Spearfish in 2000, had given up his appeals and volunteered to be executed...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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