{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-23a-27a-21","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 23A-27A-21","heading":"Power to reprieve or suspend sentence limited to Governor--Exception.","body":"No judge, officer, commission, or board, other than the Governor, may reprieve or suspend the execution of a judgment of death. However, the secretary of corrections is authorized so to do in a case and in the manner prescribed in this chapter or as provided in §§ 23A-27A-24 and 23A-27A-28. This section does not apply to a stay of proceedings upon appeal or to the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, certiorari, or other original remedial writ of the Supreme Court.\nSource: SL 1939, ch 135, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 34.37A05; SDCL § 23-49-8; SL 1979, ch 160, § 23; SL 2008, ch 117, § 8; SL 2023, ch 82, § 38.","path":["TITLE 23A. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 23A-27A. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/23A-27A-21","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"c4fab96b0f74a28825e0ca1b0a7240467374e8514348d7c9bf2665bf5d56528d","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-23a-27a-20","next":"us-sd/sdcl-23a-27a-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}