Elijah Page
Elijah Page was executed by lethal injection on July 11, 2007, at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. He spent his final day in a holding cell near the execution chamber, where he received visits from family members and friends and asked for a last meal of steak, jalapeno poppers, onion rings, a salad and ice cream. Corrections Department spokesman Michael Windner said the procedure went as planned, and Page was pronounced dead at 10:11 p.m. A witness described the death as quick, and about 70 people protested outside the penitentiary, where the death penalty was debated.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: South Dakota Department of Corrections spokesman Michael Windner (the agency that held him); witnesses to the execution.