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02 27, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Honors LET Recruits Who Graduate Friday

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 42 students who will graduate Friday from the state Basic Law Enforcement Certification Course in Pierre.

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02 23, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Thanks Governor, Legislators For Support of 2024 Legislative Package

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that all of the office’s legislative bills have now passed the state Legislature in some form and have been signed by Gov. Kristi Noem.

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02 21, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Selection Of Jurors For Watertown Man’s Murder Trial

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that 14 jurors were chosen Wednesday for the murder trial of Jeremiah Peacemaker of Watertown.

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02 20, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Joins Coalition In Effort To Reform Practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a coalition of 39 Attorneys General in urging Congress to reform the current practices conducted by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).

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02 16, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Supports FCC Decision to Ban AI-Generated Robocalls

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is praising the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s decision to ban Artificial Intelligence-generated robocalls.

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02 16, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Warns Public About Medicare Telephone Scam

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is warning the public to be careful about telephone calls they receive threatening to take away a person’s Medicare benefits.

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02 16, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Yankton Man Sentenced to 85 Years in Prison for Manslaughter Plea

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that a Yankton man has been sentenced to 85 years in prison after he had earlier pled guilty to First Degree Manslaughter in connection to a stabbing death that occurred May 22, 2023 in Yankton.

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02 16, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Joins Coalition Supporting Trump’s Presidential Immunity Stay Request to U.S. Supreme Court

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 21 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief that supports former President Donald Trump’s stay request regarding presidential immunity to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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02 13, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Statement On Passing of Union County Sheriff Dan Limoges

“The South Dakota Attorney General’s Office is saddened to hear of the passing of Union County Sheriff Dan Limoges. Sheriff Limoges was a law enforcement officer for almost 40 years, and Union County Sheriff for more than 30. He was a strong public servant who was dedicated to his county and his profession. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and agency during this time.”

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02 12, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Thanks Governor, Legislators For Support of Child Porn Bill

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is thanking Gov. Kristi Noem and state legislators for their support of Senate Bill 79, which includes the AG Office’s effort to make Artificial Intelligence-child generated porn a crime.

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02 12, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Praises Partnership For Support of Xylazine Bill

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is praising the partnership that has led to the passage and signing of House Bill 1028 which makes the use and possession of Xylazine (otherwise referred to as “the zombie drug” a crime outside of veterinarian purposes).

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02 09, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Defendant Indicted in Death of Chief Deputy Sheriff

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that a Moody County Grand Jury has indicted Joseph Gene Hoek (Hook) of Sioux Falls on charges of First Degree Murder and Aggravated Eluding for the death of Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok (Pro-Rock).

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02 09, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Releases Statement on South Dakota Supreme Court Decision on Legislative Conflicts of Interest

Governor Kristi Noem, with the support of the Legislature and the Attorney General, requested the South Dakota Supreme Court to provide further interpretation and clarification of Article III, Section 12 of the South Dakota Constitution, which prohibits legislators from having an interest in certain public contracts.  The Supreme Court has issued a very thorough decision clarifying and detailing the scope of Article III, Section 12. 

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02 07, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Joins Attorneys General Opposing Proposed U.S. Senate Border Bill

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 15 other Attorneys General in opposing measures in a proposed “border bill” scheduled to be heard in the U.S. Senate.

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02 07, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Releases 2023 Crime in South Dakota Report

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the overall number of criminal offenses reported statewide in 2023 was down 2.57 percent compared to 2022.

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02 07, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Requests Congress To Authorize Funding for Federal Crime Victims Fund

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a bipartisan group of 41 Attorneys General in urging Congress to authorize 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund (VOCA Fund).

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02 06, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Part of National Task Force Investigating Election Scam Robocalls

South Dakota Attorney Marty Jackley and other Attorneys General on the nationwide Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force have written to a company that allegedly sent New Hampshire residents scam election robocalls, with the use of artificial intelligence, during the New Hampshire primary election.

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02 05, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Charges Filed in Death of Chief Deputy Sheriff

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that Joseph Gene Hoek (Hook) of Sioux Falls has been charged with First Degree Murder and Aggravated Eluding for the death of Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok (Pro-Rock) last Friday afternoon.

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02 05, 2024

Attorney General Bill on Fentanyl Testing Signed Into Law by Governor Noem

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that the first of the five legislative bills introduced this session by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office has now been signed into law by Governor Kristi Noem.

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02 03, 2024

Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff Identified As Victim in Line of Duty Death

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has confirmed that Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff Ken Prorok (Pro-rock) was killed in the line of duty Friday afternoon in Moody County.

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02 02, 2024

Pierre Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For 2023 Standoff With Law Enforcement

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Pierre man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, with six years suspended, stemming from a 2023 standoff involving law enforcement at a residence in northern Hughes County.

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02 02, 2024

State Legislative Commission Approves Two Attorney General Bills

Two more South Dakota Attorney General legislative bills were approved Friday by different state legislative committees.

 

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02 01, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Presents Proposed Office Budget To Joint Appropriations Committee

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley Thursday presented the Attorney General’s Office’s proposed $38.8 million fiscal year 2025 budget which includes funds to create a new Digital Investigation Unit and to hire an additional forensic scientist.

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