List of people executed in South Dakota
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Dakota from 1877 to date.
Between 1877 and 1947
A total of 15 people were executed in South Dakota between 1877 and 1947. Prior to 1915, the sole method of execution was via hanging. South Dakota banned the death penalty in 1915, but it was reinstated in 1939. The method of execution was then changed to electrocution.[1]
| Inmate | Date | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack McCall | March 1, 1877 | Hanging | Wild Bill Hickok | John L. Pennington |
| Thomas Egan | July 13, 1882 | His wife, Mary | Nehemiah G. Ordway | |
| Brave Bear | November 1, 1882 | Joseph Johnson | ||
| James Gilmore | December 15, 1882 | Bisente Ortez | ||
| James B. Lehman | February 19, 1892 | Constable John Burns | Arthur C. Mellette | |
| Nathaniel Thompson | January 20, 1893 | Electa Blighton | Charles H. Sheldon | |
| Jay Hicks | November 15, 1894 | John Meyer | ||
| Chief Two Sticks | December 28, 1894 | Four victims | ||
| Charles Brown | July 14, 1897 | Emma Stone | Andrew E. Lee | |
| Ernest Loveswar | September 19, 1902 | George Puck and George Ostrander | Charles N. Herreid | |
| Allen Walkingshield | October 15, 1902 | Mrs. Ghost-Faced Bear | ||
| George Bear | December 5, 1902 | C. Edward Tayloe and John Shaw | ||
| Emil Victor | November 16, 1909 | Mr. and Mrs. James Christie, daughter Mildred and Michael Ronayne | Robert S. Vessey | |
| Joe Rickman | December 3, 1913 | Ellen Fox and her 14-year-old daughter, Mildred Fox | Frank M. Byrne | |
| George Sitts | April 8, 1947 | Electrocution | Special state agent Thomas Matthews. He also killed Butte County Sheriff Dave Malcolm, but was not separately tried for that murder | George T. Mickelson |
Since 1979
Capital punishment was reinstated in South Dakota in 1979 following the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia. The method of execution was changed from electrocution to lethal injection in 1984.[1] Since 1979, a total of 5 people have been executed, all by lethal injection.[2]
| # | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of Execution |
Method of Execution |
Victim(s) | Governor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elijah Page | White | 25 | M | July 11, 2007 | Lethal injection | Chester Allan Poage | Mike Rounds |
| 2 | Eric Donald Robert | White | 50 | M | October 15, 2012 | Correctional Officer Ronald "RJ" Johnson | Dennis Daugaard | |
| 3 | Donald Eugene Moeller | White | 60 | M | October 30, 2012 | Becky O'Connell | ||
| 4 | Rodney Scott Berget | White | 56 | M | October 29, 2018 | Correctional Officer Ronald "RJ" Johnson | ||
| 5 | Charles Russell Rhines | White | 63 | M | November 4, 2019 | Donnivan Schaeffer | Kristi Noem |
References
- "Frequent Asked Questions: Capital Punishment". South Dakota Department of Corrections. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- "Searchable Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
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