S.D. may see first execution since 1947 (AP)

by Populux | August 13, 2006 at 01:51 pm
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DEADWOOD, S.D. - This Old West town where Jack McCall killed gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok while he played poker in 1876 again figures in a capital punishment case in South Dakota, which may be facing its first execution in 59 years. McCall was hanged for shooting Hickok in Saloon No. 10. It was the first recorded execution in what would become South Dakota 12 years later. Now, Elijah Page wants to die. Page, 24, has asked to fire his lawyer, forgo appeals and die by lethal injection for his role ...
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