List of people executed in South Dakota

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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. The method of execution was then changed to electrocution.<ref name=doc>Template:Cite web</ref>

Capital punishment was reinstated in South Dakota in 1979 following the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia. The method of execution was changed from electrocution to lethal injection in 1984.<ref name=doc/> Since 1979, a total of 5 people have been executed, all by lethal injection.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With the exception of Charles Rhines, all of them had waived their appeals.

Post-Gregg

Template:Abbr	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	Template:Sortname	White	25	M	July 11, 2007	Lawrence	Lethal injection	Chester Allan Poage	Mike Rounds
2	Template:Sortname	White	50	M	October 15, 2012	Minnehaha		Correctional Officer Ronald Johnson	Dennis Daugaard
3	Template:Sortname	White	60	M	October 30, 2012	Lincoln		Becky O'Connell
4	Template:Sortname	White	56	M	October 29, 2018	Minnehaha		Correctional Officer Ronald Johnson
5	Template:Sortname	White	63	M	November 4, 2019	Pennington		Donnivan Schaeffer	Kristi Noem

Demographics

Race
White	5	100%
Age
20–29	1	20%
30–39	0	0%
40–49	0	0%
50–59	2	40%
60–69	2	40%
Sex
Male	5	100%
Date of execution
1976–1979	0	0%
1980–1989	0	0%
1990–1999	0	0%
2000–2009	1	20%
2010–2019	4	80%
2020–2029	0	0%
Method
Lethal injection	5	100%
Governor (Party)
Richard F. Kneip (D)	0	0%
Harvey Wollman (D)	0	0%
Bill Janklow (R)	0	0%
George S. Mickelson (R)	0	0%
Walter Dale Miller (R)	0	0%
Mike Rounds (R)	1	20%
Dennis Daugaard (R)	3	60%
Kristi Noem (R)	1	20%
Larry Rhoden (R)	0	0%
Total	5	100%

Pre-Furman

Template:Abbr	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	Template:Sortname	White	24	M	March 1, 1877	Hanging	Wild Bill Hickok	John L. Pennington
2	Template:Sortname	White	46/47	M	July 13, 1882		Mary EganTemplate:Efn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Nehemiah G. Ordway
3	Template:Sortname	Native American	—	M	November 15, 1882		Joseph Johnson
4	Template:Sortname	White	24	M	December 15, 1882		Bisente Ortez
5	Template:Sortname	White	—	M	February 19, 1892		Constable James H. Burns	Arthur C. Mellette
6	Template:Sortname	White	62	M	October 20, 1893		Electa Blighton	Charles H. Sheldon
7	Template:Sortname	White	28	M	November 15, 1894		John Meyer
8	Template:Sortname	Native American	—	M	December 28, 1894		Four victims
9	Template:Sortname	Black	54	M	July 14, 1897		Emma Stone	Andrew E. Lee
10	Template:Sortname	Native American	—	M	September 19, 1902		George Puck and George Ostrander	Charles N. Herreid
11	Template:Sortname	Native American	—	M	October 21, 1902		Ghost-Faced Bear
12	Template:Sortname	Native American	41	M	December 5, 1902		C. Edward Taylor and John Shaw
13	Template:Sortname	White	20/21	M	November 16, 1909		Mr. and Mrs. James Christie, Mildred Christie, and Michael Ronayne	Robert S. Vessey
14	Template:Sortname	Black	—	M	December 3, 1913		Ellen Fox and Mildred Fox	Frank M. Byrne
15	Template:Sortname	White	33	M	April 8, 1947	Electrocution	Special state agent Thomas MatthewsTemplate:Efn	George T. Mickelson

See also

• Capital punishment in South Dakota
• Capital punishment in the United States