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Post by Stormyweather on Aug 8, 2018 10:13:40 GMT -6
Rodney Berget to be executed this fall for killing prison guard R.J. JohnsonA warrant of execution has been issued for Rodney Berget, one of two men convicted of murdering a South Dakota State Penitentiary guard in 2011. Attorney General Marty Jackley said Berget is scheduled to be executed during the week of October 28 - November 3, 2018. The exact date and time will be announced by the penitentiary warden 48 hours before the execution. Berget, 55, pleaded guilty in 2012 to killing Ronald "R.J." Johnson in a failed prison escape attempt in 2011 with fellow inmate Eric Robert. Berget was scheduled to face execution in 2015, but his execution was stayed. Robert was executed in 2012. A third inmate, Michael Nordman, was sentenced to life in prison for providing plastic wrap and a pipe used to kill Johnson. Berget's mental status and eligibility for the death penalty has played a central role in the delays in the court process. Berget in August 2016 had appealed his death penalty sentence, but in September 2016 asked to withdraw his appeal, despite the advice of his attorneys. “I want this to be the last day I appear in court," Berget said in court in September 2016. Berget’s attorney, Eric Shulte, had disagreed with his client’s decision to drop the appeal. Shulte told the court he wanted to review Berget’s functionality and mental capacity to see if he was eligible for the death penalty. A judge ruled in February that Berget does not have an intellectual disability and is eligible for his original death penalty sentence. More: Judge upholds death penalty sentence for Rodney Berget "It has been a long seven years," Attorney General Marty Jackley, who has been prosecuting the case, told the Argus Leader in February. "It's time to move this case forward to provide closure to the family." www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2018/08/08/rodney-berget-south-dakota-execution-sioux-falls-rj-johnson/933462002/
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Post by hawg on Aug 8, 2018 10:25:02 GMT -6
apparently prison doesn't deter murder.
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Post by Stormyweather on Aug 8, 2018 10:40:29 GMT -6
apparently prison doesn't deter murder. You might be right. Maybe we shouldn't even bother locking murderers up.
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Post by hawg on Aug 8, 2018 12:17:47 GMT -6
apparently prison doesn't deter murder. You might be right. Maybe we shouldn't even bother locking murderers up. It even goes further, I'll bet that today thousands and thousands and thousands of speeding tickets will be issued to drivers. Know why? Because the thousands and thousands and thousands issued "yesterday" didn't deter anybody. Maybe deterrance of "others" shouldn't be our primary goal. And yet the only punishment that 100% deters the primary offender is the DP. And still the basic sense challenged fuglyites of this world poo-poo the idea as inconsequential.
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