The execution date for South Dakota inmate Charles Rhines is set for the week of Nov. 3. The warden will announce an exact day and time 48 hours ahead of time.
Rhines is seeking clemency from the governor and wants mental health experts to examine him to bolster his case. The prison warden has refused to allow it, and a federal circuit court upheld the warden's position.
Rhines took the issue to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis on Thursday, Sept. 26.
SDPB's Victoria Wicks has this report.