Condemned killer in South Dakota cites anti-gay bias in seeking stay of execution

Charles Rhines, 63, who is gay, had been scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls 1:30 p.m. CDT (1930 GMT). Jurors found Rhines, a high school dropout, guilty of murdering Donnivan Schaeffer, 22, an employee at Dig 'Em Donuts in Rapid City, during a burglary of the doughnut shop on March 8, 1992, weeks after Rhines had quit working there. A jury sentenced Rhines to death for the killing in January 1993, four days convicting him.