Legislative Committee Approves Limits on Death Row Appeals

A South Dakota House committee's passed a plan to limit death-row inmates appeals to delay their executions. Attorney General Marty Jackley says two men sentenced to death nearly twenty years ago haven't been executed because they still have appeals in the courts. When convicted of a crime here, you can file a direct appeal to the Supreme Court, then file secondary appeals called habeus corpus petitions. The bill would allow only one habeus corpus petition, unless there's new evidence.