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Old 10-30-2018, 4:27pm   #1
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Default Forget Berget: South Dakota executes inmate who killed prison guard in 2011

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A South Dakota inmate was executed Monday for killing a prison guard in a failed escape seven years ago in the state’s first execution since 2012.

Rodney Berget, 56, was put to death for the 2011 slaying of Ronald “R.J.” Johnson, who was beaten with a pipe and had his head covered in plastic wrap at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. It was the state’s fourth execution since it reinstituted the death penalty in 1979, and the first since 2012.

The execution, originally scheduled to be carried out at 1:30 p.m. CDT, was delayed for hours while the U.S. Supreme Court weighed a last-minute legal bid to block it. State Department of Corrections spokesman Michael Winder said Berget was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m. CDT.

Johnson’s widow, Lynette Johnson, said her husband experienced “cruel and unusual punishment,” but Berget’s execution was “peaceful” and “sterile.”

“What’s embedded in my mind is the crime scene. Ron laid in a pool of blood. His blood was all over that crime scene,” she said. “That’s cruel and unusual punishment.”

She sized down R.J.’s wedding ring and now wears it next to her own; she keeps his watch — its hands frozen at the time he was attacked — in a clear case next to photos above her fireplace.

Berget was serving a life sentence for attempted murder and kidnapping when he and another inmate, Eric Robert, attacked Johnson on April 12, 2011, in a part of the penitentiary known as Pheasantland Industries, where inmates work on upholstery, signs, furniture and other projects. After Johnson was beaten, Robert put on Johnson’s pants, hat and jacket and pushed a cart loaded with two boxes, one with Berget inside, toward the exits. They made it outside one gate but were stopped by another guard before they could complete their escape through a second gate. Berget admitted to his role in the slaying.

Robert was executed on Oct. 15, 2012. The last execution in South Dakota was on Oct. 30, 2012.

Lynette Johnson said the executions held Robert and Berget accountable, and she asked that people not feel bad for the men.


Berget’s mental status and death penalty eligibility played a role in court delays. Berget in 2016 appealed his death sentence, but later asked to withdraw the appeal against his lawyers’ advice. Berget wrote to a judge saying he thought the death penalty would be overturned and that he couldn’t imagine spending “another 30 years in a cage doing a life sentence.”

Johnson was slain on his 63rd birthday and as he was nearing the end of a nearly 24-year career as a guard.

The Department of Corrections planned to use a single drug. Policy calls for either sodium thiopental or pentobarbital. Pentobarbital was used in the state’s last two executions.

South Dakota has not had issues with obtaining the drugs it needs, as some other states have, perhaps because the state shrouds some details in secrecy. Lawmakers in 2013 approved hiding the identities of its suppliers.

Berget was the second member of his family to be executed. His older brother, Roger, was executed in Oklahoma in 2000 for killing a man to steal his car.

Opponents of the death penalty gathered for a vigil Monday outside the South Dakota prison, some joining in a circle and singing. Sioux Falls resident Elaine Engelgau, 62, who sat behind a sign attached to a cross reading: “JESUS: HE WITHOUT SIN, CAST THE FIRST STONE,” told The Associated Press that she prayed the execution would be halted and for Berget’s soul.

“I don’t think it’s right to kill a person, and I think the citizens of the state of South Dakota are wrong to kill someone,” said Engelgau, a retired court reporter.

Scott Johnson told the Argus Leader that he didn’t know R.J. Johnson, but stood across the street in support of the death penalty. Scott Johnson said a prisoner in the penitentiary killed his sister and was sentenced to life without parole.

“I know there’s two sides to everything, but I don’t understand their side at all,” he said.




Enjoy your phenobarbital nap, dirtbag.

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7 years......
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7 years......


When the evidence is far beyond a reasonable doubt and they are convicted, a quick trip to the hanging tree or firing squad should be done immediately.

Why waste funds on someone who won't be released except in a casket?
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Default Is It Supposed To Feel Like That? [last words of the POS in the OP]

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A transcript from the recent execution of a South Dakota inmate who killed a prison guard shows the inmate asking after the lethal injection: “Is it supposed to feel like that?”

Corrections officials released a transcript Tuesday from the Oct. 29 execution of Rodney Berget, who was sentenced to death for killing corrections officer Ronald “R.J.” Johnson during a 2011 prison escape attempt. Berget, 56, was pronounced dead 12 minutes after the lethal injection of barbiturate pentobarbital began.

A national group that compiles statistics on capital punishment said the state should release more details about the drug used.

“We don’t know the manufacturing process that was involved, we don’t know the age of the drugs and the comment is consistent with remarks made by other prisoners who had been executed using drugs that” may have been outdated or impure, said Robert Dunham, executive director of the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center, which doesn’t take a position on capital punishment but is critical of the way it’s administered.

“On the other hand, it could simply be an expression of surprise, and without transparency by the state, we won’t know the answers,” he said.

The state Department of Corrections didn’t immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment on Berget’s last words.

After the drug was administered at 7:25 p.m., Berget groaned and pushed out his chest. He drifted off and snored briefly before his eyes closed. He was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m. CDT. The transcript shows Berget’s last words were, “Is it supposed to feel like that?”

Attorneys for Berget weren’t immediately available to comment Wednesday. The widow of the corrections officer killed by Berget, Lynette Johnson, witnessed the execution. She said afterward that her husband experienced “cruel and unusual punishment” but Berget’s lethal injection was “peaceful” and “sterile.”

Some past executions have raised questions about the use of pentobarbital. In Texas, an inmate put to death in July cursed twice and said the drug burned his throat. An inmate executed in June started taking quick breaths as the sedative started to take effect, muttering at one point that it was “burning” and that it “hurt.” Before that, a Texas inmate said the drug burned. “Oooh-ee! I can feel that,” he said before slipping into unconsciousness.

Dunham said South Dakota should reveal the source and manufacturer of the drug, the production date, any initial and revised expiration dates and the storage and transportation conditions. State lawmakers in 2013 approved hiding the identities of its drug suppliers.

Berget was serving a life sentence for attempted murder and kidnapping when he and another inmate, Eric Robert, attacked Johnson on April 12, 2011, in a part of the penitentiary known as Pheasantland Industries, where inmates work on upholstery, signs, furniture and other projects.

Johnson turned 63 on the day that he was killed, and he was nearing the end of a nearly 24-year career as a guard.

After Johnson was beaten, Robert put on Johnson’s pants, hat and jacket and pushed a cart loaded with two boxes, one with Berget inside, toward the exits. They made it outside one gate but were stopped by another guard before they could complete their escape through a second gate. Berget admitted to his role in the slaying.

Robert was executed on Oct. 15, 2012.

Berget’s mental status and death penalty eligibility played a role in court delays. Berget in 2016 appealed his death sentence, but later asked to withdraw the appeal against his lawyers’ advice. Berget wrote to a judge saying he thought the death penalty would be overturned and that he couldn’t imagine spending “another 30 years in a cage doing a life sentence.”

The transcript of his last moments shows Berget joked about a several-hour delay to his execution. He also thanked people who supported him and said he loved “Tammy,” ″sonny boy” and “Gigi.” Berget’s execution was the state’s fourth since reinstituting the death penalty in 1979.
Rot In Pieces, you jerk.

I hope it hurt.
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The mafia has it right. .22 to the base of the skull. Cheap and effective. Plus it’s instantanious.
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