SOUTH DAKOTA REJOINS THE EXECUTION CLUB

July 11, 2007: a 25-year-old East Texas native was executed by lethal injection for the torture and slaying of a teenager who was forced to drink hydrochloric acid in a robbery. It was the state's first execution in 60 years.
Elijah Page gave up his appeals and asked to die for the 2000 murder of Chester Allan Poage, 19, who was also stabbed, kicked and bashed with large rocks in a torture session at a gulch that lasted two to three hours.
Page, of Athens, Texas, died at 10:11 p.m. from a lethal injection administered at the South Dakota State Penitentiary.
He had no last words, warden Doug Weber said.
The last execution in South Dakota was in 1947, when George Sitts died in the electric chair for killing two law enforcement officers. (Sources: Ap, 11/07/2007)