Statutes > South Dakota Statutes > Title 23A - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE > Chapter 27A - Capital Punishment > Section 23A-27A-42 - Death penalty prohibited for defendant younger than eighteen when offensecommitted.

Section 23A-27A-42 - Death penalty prohibited for defendant younger than eighteen when offensecommitted.

23A-27A-42. Death penalty prohibited for defendant younger than eighteen when offense committed. The penalty of death may not be imposed upon any defendant for any offense committed when the defendant was less than eighteen years of age.

Source: SL 2004, ch 166, § 1.