After U.S. Supreme Court Delay, South Dakota Executes Charles Rhines
He was scheduled to be executed at 1:30 for the killing of 22-year-old Donnivan Schaeffer
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota has gone through with the execution of Charles Rhines after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected three appeals to delay his execution. Rhines was given a lethal injection around 7:35. He was scheduled to be executed at 1:30 for the killing of 22-year-old Donnivan Schaeffer during a burglary in 1992 in Rapid City. But the…