| 05 28, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Joins Coalition Urging Congress To Support Stronger Online Protection for ChildrenSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackey has joined a coalition of 44 Attorneys General urging Congress reject the House version of the federal Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act and instead pass stronger legislation that would better protect children online.
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| 05 27, 2026 | Attorney General Marty Jackley Appoints Chad Mosteller as New DCI Director South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the appointment of Chad Mosteller to serve as the new director of the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), replacing Dan Satterlee who has been appointed as U.S. Marshal for South Dakota.
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| 05 26, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Praises Trump Administration’s Efforts to Help States Combat FraudSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, who is participating in today’s (Tuesday’s) Attorney General roundtable with the White House Fraud Task Force, is praising the Trump Administration for providing valuable resources to the state Attorneys General to combat fraud committed against state and federal government programs.
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| 05 21, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Commends S.D. Supreme Court For Upholding Murder Conviction of Pierre ManSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley commends the South Dakota Supreme Court for upholding the conviction and life sentence of David J. Shangreaux, Jr., a Pierre man found guilty by a Hughes County jury of second-degree murder for the November 2023 killing of a teenage victim, identified in court records as E.M.
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| 05 19, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases Final Ballot Explanation on Proposal Requiring 60 Percent Approval for Constitutional Amendments and RevisionsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has released the final ballot explanation for a Constitutional Amendment proposed by the State Legislature that would require any future proposed Constitutional Amendment or Revision receive an affirmative vote of at least 60 percent of the votes cast to be approved.
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| 05 18, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases Final Ballot Explanation on Constitutional Amendment to Repeal Expanded Medicaid Coverage if Federal Funding DeclinesSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has released the final ballot explanation for a Constitutional Amendment proposed by the State Legislature that would repeal expanded Medicaid coverage if federal funding for the expansion drops below 90 percent.
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| 05 15, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases Final Ballot Explanation on Proposed Constitutional Amendment Establishing a Trust for Unclaimed Property FundPIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has released the final ballot explanation for a Constitutional Amendment proposed by the State Legislature that would establish a trust for the state’s Unclaimed Property Fund.
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| 05 15, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Mitchell Man Found Guilty Of Two Counts of First-Degree Rape South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Mitchell man has been found guilty of two counts of First-Degree Rape involving children under 13 years old.
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| 05 14, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Pierre Man Indicted on Rape, Sexual Contact ChargesSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Pierre man has been indicted on 11 counts, including five counts of Rape in the First Degree, involving two people under the age of 13.
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| 05 14, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces South Dakota Supreme Court Upholds Child Rape Convictions and SentenceSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions and sentence of a defendant convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a young child.
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| 05 14, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Centerville Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Triple Murder ConvictionSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Centerville man has been sentenced to three consecutive sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole after earlier being found guilty for a 2024 triple homicide that occurred in Centerville, SD.
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| 05 14, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Commends SD Supreme Court Decision Upholding Limits on Suspended Imposition of SentenceSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley commends the South Dakota Supreme Court for ruling in favor of the State in State v. Pickner, confirming that a court cannot grant a suspended imposition of sentence after a conviction has already been entered and a defendant has served prison time.
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| 05 14, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases Final Ballot Explanation for Proposed Constitutional Amendment Requiring Citizenship to VoteSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has released the final ballot explanation for a Constitutional Amendment proposed by the Legislature that would clarify that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote has been filed with the Secretary of State’s Office. The proposed amendment will be on the Nov. 3, 2026 general election ballot.
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| 05 14, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Watertown Man Sentenced to 4 ½ Years in Prison for Officer Involved Shooting IncidentSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Watertown man has been sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison after earlier being convicted in an officer involved shooting that occurred Dec. 5, 2024 in the parking lot of the Yankton High School.
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| 05 12, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Joins Amicus Brief Requesting U.S. Supreme Court Uphold Stay on Mifepristone RequirementsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces he has joined 22 other Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief requesting the U.S. Supreme Court uphold a lower court’s stay of a federal regulation that removed the longstanding in-person dispensing requirement for the chemical abortion drug mifepristone.
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| 05 11, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Awards Drug Control Funds to Pennington County Sheriff’s Office, Box Elder Police Department for Drug Detection K-9sSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that up to $60,000 from the Attorney General’s Drug Control Fund has been awarded to the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office for the purchase and training of two Drug Detection K-9s. The Box Elder Police Department also will receive up to $93,000 to create a Drug Detection K-9 unit.
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| 05 07, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Encourages Consumers to Get Hearing Tested During May’s National Speech-Language-Hearing MonthMay is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month, and South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages everyone to take time to get their hearing tested while reminding consumers to watch for misleading claims about hearing aids.
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| 05 07, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Issues Statement on Tribal Law Enforcement Training Center to Open in North DakotaSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has issued this statement to the announcement that the Bureau of Indian Affairs will open a law enforcement training center for trial law enforcement in North Dakota and not South Dakota:
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| 05 07, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Congratulates Minnehaha County State’s Attorney Daniel Haggar for Prosecutor of the Year Award– South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates Minnehaha County State’s Attorney Daniel Haggar for being named as the Prosecutor of the Year by the South Dakota State’s Attorneys Association.
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| 05 05, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Encourages Public to Remember SD’s Fallen Law Enforcement Officers WednesdaySouth Dakota’s annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony is Wednesday, May 6, in Pierre, and Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages all citizens to remember those officers who have died in the line of duty in South Dakota since 1884.
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| 05 04, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Briley Piper’s Appeal of Death Sentence ConvictionSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has rejected the latest appeal from Briley Piper. In a ruling filed on Monday, May 4, 2026, the court affirmed the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota’s denial of Briley Piper’s petition for habeas corpus relief.
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| 05 01, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases Draft Explanation on Proposed Ballot Issue Requiring 60 Percent Approval for Constitutional Amendments and RevisionsAs required by state law, the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office has drafted an explanation for a Constitutional Amendment proposed by the Legislature that would require any future proposed Constitutional Amendment or Revision receive an affirmative vote of at least 60 percent of the votes cast to be approved. The draft explanation has been filed with the Secretary of State’s Office.
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| 05 01, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Settlement with Purdue Pharma, South Dakota to Receive $10.1 MillionSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a $7.4 billion settlement reached with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, for their role in fueling the opioid crisis takes effect today (Friday, May 1). South Dakota is expected to receive an estimated $10.1 million during the next 15 years as part of its settlement share.
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