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S.D. inmate pleads guilty to murder, gets life

By Associated Press

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  February 10, 2012

Lynette Johnson has repeatedly said in court that death is the only sentence befitting three inmates charged in the slaying of her prison guard husband during a botched prison escape at the South Dakota State Penitentiary. Johnson has been a constant presence at every motions hearing. She sits in the same spot, surrounded by family and friends. She wears the same pin, a picture of her husband. She seeks justice for Ron, her husband of 34 years, who was killed on April 12 - his 63rd birthday.

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