PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A move to repeal the death penalty in South Dakota has once again been rejected in the state Legislature.The House Health Committee voted 8-5 to kill a measure that would have repealed the death penalty and changed the sentence for all death-row inmates to life in prison without parole.
The bill's main sponsor, Rep. Gerald Lange of Madison, says the death penalty is immoral. Lange has sponsored similar bills in past years.
Attorney General Marty Jackley says the death penalty helps deter people from committing murder and protects the public from killers.
South Dakota has two men on death row. Their appeals are pending in federal court.
Source: Associated Press - February 18, 2010
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