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(8/28/2006)
Execution Date and Time Set for Elijah Page Murderer of Chester Allan Poage to be executed Aug. 29. Pierre, S.D. - As required in South Dakota Codified Law 23A-27A-17, Doug Weber, Director of Prison Operations and Warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, has set the date and time for the execution of Inmate Elijah Page for Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at approximately 10:00 p.m. CDT. According to state law, in a capital punishment case the judge designates a week for the execution to occur, and the exact day and time of the execution is left to the warden's discretion. The warden is then required by state law to publicly announce the day and hour of the execution not less than forty-eight hours prior to the execution. "The warden and penitentiary staff have spent countless hours preparing to carry out this court order," stated Corrections Secretary Tim Reisch. "A trip Warden Weber and select staff took to Texas, led to the development of long checklists of things that needed to be accomplished, culminating with numerous rehearsals that select prison staff participated in. Throughout this entire process they have conducted themselves in the most professional manner possible."
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