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SDCL § 23A-27A-26.1 — Death penalty not to be imposed on intellectually disabled person

Current through text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)

Part of Chapter 27A: Capital Punishment, South Dakota Codified Laws.

Full text of SDCL § 23A-27A-26.1

Statutory text current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of South Dakota.

SDCL § 23A-27A-26.1Primary source, current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the death penalty may not be imposed upon any person who was intellectually disabled at the time of the commission of the offense and whose intellectual disability was manifested and documented before the age of eighteen years.

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