- A man who fatally stabbed a former co-worker who interrupted him during a 1992 burglary was executed Monday in South Dakota. Rhines, who was 63 years old, last week unsuccessfully challenged the drug the state used in the execution at the state prison in Sioux Falls. The state Supreme Court rejected Rhines’ appeal of that ruling on Monday, and his attorneys promptly appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Schaeffer’s family declined to speak with The Associated Press in advance of Rhines’ execution. Denny Davis, director of South Dakotans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, said they accept Rhines’ execution but hope to steer public opinion against capital punishment.

Source: thestar November 04, 2019 20:48 UTC