STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL WRIGLEY IN RESPONSE TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WITHDRAWL OF ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ DEATH PENALTY NOTICE
March 15, 2023
March 15, 2023
BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 15 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following statement on March 14, 2023:
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"Alfonso Rodriguez is currently confined to the death row prison cell he earned by targeting, threatening and sexually assaulting women across three decades, before he kidnapped, beat, tied, sexually assaulted, and brutally murdered Dru Sjodin, in November 2003. It will forever remain a humbling privilege to have led the trial team entruste . . .
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"Alfonso Rodriguez is currently confined to the death row prison cell he earned by targeting, threatening and sexually assaulting women across three decades, before he kidnapped, beat, tied, sexually assaulted, and brutally murdered Dru Sjodin, in November 2003. It will forever remain a humbling privilege to have led the trial team entruste . . .