SDCL § 23A-27A-42: Death penalty prohibited for defendant younger than eighteen when offense committed.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 23A. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
- CHAPTER 23A-27A. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The penalty of death may not be imposed upon any defendant for any offense committed when the defendant was less than eighteen years of age.
Source: SL 2004, ch 166, § 1.
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