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FARGO, N.D. - A jury in North Dakota’s first death penalty case in nearly a century decided Friday a convicted sex offender should be executed for kidnapping and killing a college student after she left a shopping mall.
Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., 53, of Crookston, Minn., looked straight ahead and showed no emotion as the sentence was announced in the slaying of Dru Sjodin.
“We hope the need does not arise for another 100 years,” U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley said.