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SD execution first in 60 years
By Associated Press
Published: 07/12/2007

SIOUX FALLS, SD - A 25-year-old East Texas native was executed by lethal injection Wednesday for the torture and slaying of a teenager who was forced to drink hydrochloric acid in a robbery. It was the state's first execution in 60 years.

Elijah Page gave up his appeals and asked to die for the 2000 murder of Chester Allan Poage, 19, who was also stabbed, kicked and bashed with large rocks in a torture session at a gulch that lasted two to three hours.Read more.

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