A man who fatally stabbed a former co-worker who interrupted him during a 1992 burglary has been executed in South Dakota. A man who fatally stabbed a former co-worker who interrupted him during a 1992 burglary has been executed in South Dakota. Rhines was supposed to be executed at 1.30pm, but the state delayed the execution until the US Supreme Court denied three appeals from Rhines on Monday evening. The state Supreme Court rejected Rhines’ appeal of that ruling on Monday, and his attorneys promptly appealed to the US Supreme Court. Rhines had also asked the US Supreme Court to block his execution on two other grounds.

Source: Irish Independent November 05, 2019 02:48 UTC