A South Dakota House committee has killed a bill that would have ended the death penalty in the state.
The House Judiciary Committee sent house to the 41st day Wednesday — defeated on a 10-to-1 vote.
Representative Tim Reisch of Howard introduced the bill
A Sioux Falls woman told the committee what it felt like to serve as a juror on a capital punishment case roughly 40 years ago.
Attorney General Marty Jackley led the opposition.
Lynette Johnson of Sioux Falls the widow of Senior Correctional Officer Ronald R.J. Johnson who was killed at the state penitentiary 2011.
South Dakota currently has one inmate on death row.
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