The secretary of corrections or a designee of the secretary shall arrange for the attendance of a person trained to examine the defendant and pronounce death and for the attendance of such correctional facility staff, Department of Corrections staff, and law enforcement officers as deemed necessary to perform the execution and maintain security.
S.D. Codified Laws § 23A-27A-34.1
Attendance at execution by person trained to pronounce death, corrections staff, and law enforcement officers
Source: SL 2008, ch 117, § 29; SL 2023, ch 82, § 44.
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