Slain Student Appeal

Slain Student Appeal
FILE - This undated photo released by Minnesota Department of Corrections shows Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., of Crookston, Minn. A federal appeals court on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 affirmed the death sentence of the convicted rapist in the 2003 kidnapping and death of University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin in a case that led both Minnesota and North Dakota to toughen their sex-offender laws. (AP Photo/Minnesota Department of Corrections)