Attorney General Marty Jackley Seeks May Execution for Rodney Berget

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) —

Jackley says he has requested that Rodney Berget be put to death the week of May 3, 2015. Defense attorney Jeff Larson says he'll likely request a stay of the date if it's granted.

Berget was sentenced to death for the killing of penitentiary guard Ronald Johnson during an April 2011 escape attempt. The state Supreme Court overturned Berget's initial death sentence because of a judge's error. Berget was sentenced again to death last year, and the Supreme Court this past August rejected his appeal.

Another inmate charged in Johnson's death, Eric Robert, was executed in 2012.

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