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Jefferson is a city in Union County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 475 at the 2020 census. [5] It is part of the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. Jefferson was founded in 1859.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Dakota from 1877 to date. A total of 20 people have been executed in South Dakota since 1877. Prior to 1915, the sole method of execution was via hanging. South Dakota banned the death penalty in 1915, but it was reinstated in 1939.
On the morning of April 12, 2011, the date of his 63rd birthday, corrections officer Ronald Johnson, who had been on the job for 23 years and was close to retiring, was working in the Pheasantland Industries, a print shop building located within the prison compound of South Dakota State Penitentiary, where inmates work on upholstery, signs, furniture, and other projects.
IA: 1861–1931 1915–1931 — — Wilson: death 5 Charles Almon Dewey: IA: 1877–1958 1928–1949 — 1949–1958 Coolidge: death 6 Carroll O. Switzer: IA: 1908–1960 1949–1950 [Note 3] — — Truman: not confirmed 7 William F. Riley: IA: 1884–1956 1950–1956 — — Truman: death 8 Edwin Richley Hicklin: IA: 1895–1963 1957–1960 ...
[3] [4] Iowa was the first ever state to reinstate the death penalty having previously abolished it. [ 2 ] The last execution to take place in Iowa was on March 15, 1963, at Iowa State Penitentiary , when Victor Harry Feguer was hanged for murder and kidnapping; however, Feguer's execution was under federal law; Feguer's execution was the last ...
On June 21, South Dakota reported its first flood fatalities when two women drowned in Lyman County, South Dakota, after they drove their car down a washed out road. [34] The fatalities were unrelated to flooding and increased releases on the Missouri River, but rather related to flash flooding from heavy rains according to the Lyman County ...
Union County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census , the population was 16,811, [ 1 ] making it the 13th most populous county in South Dakota. Its county seat has been Elk Point since April 30, 1865. [ 2 ]
The South Dakota State Penitentiary is a state prison located in South Dakota's largest city, Sioux Falls. The building's industry shop makes several things for the state, including woodwork and license plates. The State Penitentiary also houses South Dakota's death row for men and the state's execution chamber. [1]