Legal proceedings were held in two death penalty cases in South Dakota yesterday.
Attorney General Marty Jackley says there were arguments on the death penalty in the Ethan Johns case in Parker, and a filing on a murder case in Mitchell...
Johns is charged in the shooting death of deputy Chad Mechels last year. Alexander Salgado is charged with killing Jasmine Guevara.
Jackley says two death penalty cases could be a stretch on legal resources...
Jackley says the death penalty has to be used in the right circumstances...
