Correctional Officer Ron Johnson
State still weighing death penalty for SD inmate
The deadline has been extended for South Dakota prosecutors to decide whether they'll seek the death penalty for an inmate charged with supplying the materials used in the killing of a state penitentiary guard.
Judge Bradley Zell says prosecutors now have until Nov. 30 to file notice if they decide to seek the death penalty for 47-year-old Michael Nordman. The deadline had been Oct. 31.
Prosecutors allege Nordman supplied a metal pipe and plastic wrap used in the April killing of 63-year-old Ronald Johnson.
Authorities say 49-year-olds Eric Robert and Rodney Berget used the materials to kill Johnson in a failed escape attempt.
Robert pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to death last week. Berget has pleaded not guilty. He also faces the death penalty if convicted.
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/sta...#ixzz1cZc07SyA
Note: Rodney Berget's brother, Roger James Berget, was executed by the State of Oklahoma on June 8, 2000.
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