Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal court judge has denied an Alaska man’s petition to appeal his death sentence and he will remain as the only inmate on ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has rejected the latest appeal from Briley Piper, the only person on death row in South Dakota. Piper was convicted for the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota's top law enforcement official says the only man on death row in the state could be executed in late 2026. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office found Chester ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A federal judge has rejected a demand from the only South Dakotan on death row to overturn his death sentence 25 years after the crime. U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange has ...

Last week, a circuit court judge set aside April 2010 for a jury trial to determine if confessed killer Briley Piper will spend his life in prison, or be put to death. Remembering back to the nature ...

DEADWOOD - Briley Piper's motion to withdraw his guilty plea to the March 2000 murder of Chester Allan Poage - and avoid the death penalty to which he was sentenced -- was considered Friday in court ...