Power to reprieve or suspend sentence limited to Governor--Exception

SDCL § 23A-27A-21 — under CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

SDCL § 23A-27A-21

No judge, officer, commission, or board, other than the Governor, may reprieve or suspend the execution of a judgment of death. However, the secretary of corrections is authorized so to do in a case and in the manner prescribed in this chapter or as provided in §§ 23A-27A-24 and