Senate Committee Set to Take up Bill to Repeal Death Penalty
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A state Senate committee is set to consider a measure that would repeal the death penalty in South Dakota.
The Senate State Affairs committee is scheduled to take up the bill on Wednesday.
Republican Sen. Arthur Rusch of Vermillion is the measure's main Senate sponsor. Rusch, a former judge, says he has personally prosecuted a death penalty case.
He says he's seen firsthand how costly and hard it was on jurors and court personnel.
The Senate State Affairs committee during the 2015 legislative session voted down two measures to repeal or limit the death penalty.
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