Eric Donald Robert
Eric Donald Robert worked in wastewater treatment, volunteered often as an emergency medical technician, and helped raise his younger sister. His sister, Jill Stalter, said he had done more good in his life than many people, and a former employer called him a natural born leader. He was put to death by lethal injection at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls on October 15, 2012, and was pronounced dead at 10:24 p.m., according to the Department of Corrections. Some people described the execution as suicide by lethal injection, and opponents of the death penalty held a vigil outside the prison.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: South Dakota Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
Custody: Serving a sentence.
Sources (6)
- South Dakota executes first inmate since 2007
- Eric Robert Dies By Lethal Injection
- South Dakota inmate who killed prison guard put to death in state's first execution since 2007
- Killer Executed; Victim Remembered
- Rhines to become 20th person executed in SD
- Why 2 inmates received lethal injection after failed prison escape, murder