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Court denies inmate request for quick execution

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The South Dakota Supreme Court has denied an inmate's request to be executed quickly for the murder of a prison guard.

Eric Robert pleaded guilty to killing prison guard Ronald Johnson during a failed escape attempt last April.

Robert asked to be executed. A judge sentenced him to death last fall and scheduled his execution for May.

The Supreme Court delayed Robert's execution to allow more time for a mandatory review to determine if the death sentence is proper.

Robert had asked the high court not to delay his execution. But the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that it wouldn't make sense Robert to die of lethal injection before the justices determine if the death penalty is proper.

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