South Dakota has way less crime than most places.
Look at their entire state population...and compare it to metro areas of the US with similar population....and South Dakota does not get as many execution opportunities
Most states are trying to get away from executions...so So Dak getting back into the game is good anti-crime news
Indeed they are. Subjects of the Peoples' Republik of Kalifornia like myself will be voting on Proposition 34 which seeks to abolish the DP here in Kalifornia. It has been voted on twice in the past (last time was 1978) and we voted to keep it by a margin of 71% to 29%. The political landscape has changed in the decades since so who knows how this one with turn out.