Charles Rhines is one of two inmates on death row in South Dakota, and if his last appeals fail, he will die in November.
In a short hearing in Rapid City on Tuesday, June 25, a judge granted a warrant of execution while Rhines watched by a videoconference hookup from prison.
Rhines was sentenced to death in 1993 for murdering 22-year-old Donnivan Schaeffer, an employee of the donut shop Rhines was robbing.
SDPB's Victoria Wicks has more of this report.
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Credit State of South Dakota