RODRIGUEZ' SISTER WANTS ALPHONSO SPARED

The sister of the man sentenced to death for the kidnapping and killing of Pequot Lakes' woman Dru Sjodin says her brother needs treatment not death. Ileanna Noyes shared her thoughts while on a panel discussion Sunday. The forum was sponsored by an organization opposed to the death penalty. Noyes said she called state correction officials to try to keep her brother in prison or at least in a treatment program after his 23 year sex offender sentence. She said her family couldn't afford a half-way house. Noyes said her family supports punishment for Alphonso Rodriguez Jr. but she said he's an ill man who needs mental health care not a lethal injection.