SOUTH DAKOTA SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT DENIES CHARLES RHINES’ REQUEST FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND STAY OF EXECUTION
PIERRE, S.D. – Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced today that the Honorable Judge Jon C. Sogn, Circuit Court Judge for the Second Judicial Circuit in South Dakota, has denied Charles Russell Rhines’ request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction as well as his request for a stay of execution.
Rhines was convicted in 1993 for brutally murdering 22-year-old Donnivan Schaeffer during a burglary of a Rapid City donut shop on March 8, 1992.
“Justice for Donnivan is long overdue,” said Ravnsborg. “Our Courts have recognized the constitutionality of the state’s execution protocol for years and that was affirmed by Judge Sogn today. Rhines has had his day in court. It is now time for him to serve his sentence.”
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Good job AG!
You are doing great…time for this to be over!
How many AGs have just let this slide along, now we have one willing to get justice served! All of the doubters should probably eat their words and insults. Great job to the new AG and his team!
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.”
WWJD?
That’s an idiotic response, thanks for nothing. So the victim getting stabbed should have just turned his cheek while he was brutally murdered? Good for you, our laws call for Rhines to die and that’s where it is.
A government with the power to kill its own citizens is too powerful.
The death penalty is archaic. It’s expensive and an ineffective deterrent. As a “pro life” and “fiscally conservative” state, we should be better than this.
Yeah well I bet it’s a good deterrent for Rhines!
Being in a death penalty state didn’t stop him from murdering an innocent man….. so it obviously wasn’t a deterrent.
I guarantee he will be deterred from any crimes after Monday! Ya nitwit !!
I am pro-life and pro death penalty they easily reconciled he forfeited his life when he took the life of Donovan Schafer The only thing that’s sad about it is he should have been done 15 years ago…. finish the job AG we got your back
Its bold of you to think you have the right to determine that criminals forfeit their life. People who are pro life know God is the only one who can determine the length of a person’s life. Every human life is precious to God, not just the innocent.
Google the brutality this KILLER exercised over the victim, there is NO DOUBT he deserves the death penalty. He forfeited his life when he took the life of another!
Remember the Texas V they got life without parole and got out and killed people rhines won’t be killing any more people
We are witnessing the best attorney general South Dakota has ever had.
It’s a pretty low bar, but this is still laughable.
Barnett, Long, Jackley, I think the bar is pretty high, but the current AG took this on and is getting it done, not a laughable matter. Hope none of you who oppose this ever have a murderer hit a family member, say what you want now, but you’ll be first in line for killing the guy back.