The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Briley Piper’s habeas appeal in a May 4 ruling, leaving in place his death sentence in the 2000 murder of Chester Poage.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal court judge has denied an Alaska man’s petition to appeal his death sentence and he will remain as the only inmate on ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota’s top law enforcement official says the only man on death row in the state could be executed in late 2026. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office found Chester ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has rejected the latest appeal from Briley Piper, the only person on death row in South Dakota. Piper was convicted for the ...

Briley Piper’s death penalty appeals have run out. I read again the account of the murder of Chester Allen Poage. It was ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A federal judge has rejected a demand from the only South Dakotan on death row to overturn his death sentence 25 years after the crime. U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange has ...