Convicted prison guard killer asks to be executed after court delay

Published November 20, 2014

An attorney for a man sentenced to death for the killing of a prison guard is submitting a brief to the South Dakota Supreme Court objecting to the court's decision to delay the execution.

Forty-nine-year-old Eric Robert pleaded guilty to killing prison guard Ronald Johnson and asked to be executed. His execution was for May, but the South Dakota Supreme Court vacated the execution in February to allow more time for a mandatory review to determine if the sentence is proper.

The review process could delay the execution for possibly two years.

Mark Kadi, Robert's lawyer, says in a brief obtained early by The Associated Press that while state statute requires a review, it also requires the execution to occur within eight months of the death sentence being handed down.

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