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| State prison inmate charged with rape in Minnehaha County dies |
| By argusleader.com- Makenzie L Huber |
| Published: 01/25/2018 |
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A state prison inmate died at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls on Wednesday. Robert Sumner, 65, died in a comfort care setting at the penitentiary from an illness, according to the Department of Corrections. Sumner was serving a 60-year prison sentence for first-degree rape out of Minnehaha County. He pleaded guilty in 2009 to raping a 9-year-old girl, according to the Associated Press. In asking for a lesser sentence, his lawyer told the judge that Sumner had a medical condition and didn't have many years to live. Read More. |
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