Capital punishment withstands repeal push by South Dakota's former prisons chief
Lawmakers side with prosecutors, victims’ families over calls from faith leaders, reform advocates to end death sentences
South Dakota’s former corrections chief wants to abolish capital punishment in the Mount Rushmore State.
But his colleagues he now works with in the Legislature aren’t backing his proposal to remove South Dakota from the list of U.S. states where dangerous criminals can be sentenced to death.
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