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| 'Proper sentence of death' for Rodney Berget in guard killing |
| By argusleader.com |
| Published: 02/07/2012 |
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By the end of the year, Eric Robert and Rodney Berget probably will be dead. The same judge has now sentenced both inmates to death by lethal injection for murdering Corrections Officer Ronald “R.J.” Johnson as he covered a co-worker’s shift on his 63rd birthday, then using his uniform to try to escape from prison. Both men pleaded guilty to first-degree murder last year and told Judge Brad Zell they deserved to die for the crime. Johnson’s family and Attorney General Marty Jackley agreed. On Monday, Zell issued a death sentence for Berget, just as he had done for Robert last October, pushing the number of inmates on South Dakota’s death row to five: Berget joins Robert, Donald Moeller, Briley Piper and Charles Rhines. Read More. |
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