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07 31, 2024

Sturgis Man Sentenced to 65 Years in Prison After Conviction on 11 Counts of Felony Crimes Involving Children

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Sturgis man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison after earlier being convicted of 11 counts of felony crimes involving five different children.

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07 31, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Indictments Against State Prison Inmates, Former DOC Employees

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Minnehaha County Grand Jury Monday indicted six people regarding five different cases involving South Dakota Prison inmates and two others who were Department of Corrections staff members at that time.

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07 26, 2024

Attorney General Jackley, DCI Rule Police Officer, Sheriff’s Deputy Involved Shooting With Hostage Justified

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review indicates that a Sioux Falls Police Officer and a Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Deputy were justified in the shooting involving a Sioux Falls gas station clerk hostage incident that occurred on July 3, 2024.

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07 25, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Winner Man Sentenced to Prison For Third-Degree Rape Charge

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Winner man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, with 10 years suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to Third-Degree Rape of a person incapable of giving consent.

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07 25, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Praises District Court Stopping Proposed Rule Allowing Men into Women’s Locker Rooms

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises a U.S. District Court’s preliminary injunction that stops a new U.S. Department of Education Title IX rule. The rule was scheduled to take effect on August 1, but has now been stopped in South Dakota and the five other 8th Circuit states who joined the lawsuit.

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07 24, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Requests SCOTUS To Stop EPA New Rule on Existing Coal-, Gas-, Oil-Fired Power Plants

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a coalition of 25 Attorneys General in asking the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to issue an emergency stay on the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recently-released new rule on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants.

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07 22, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Joins Attorneys General Group in Opposing Biden Proposal to Reschedule Marijuana as Schedule III Drug

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins other Attorney Generals in opposing a Biden Administration proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act.

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07 18, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Wyoming Man Sentenced To 55 Years in Prison for Shooting at Highway Patrol Trooper

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Saratoga, Wyo., man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting at a South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper during an incident at the 2023 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

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07 18, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Indictment For $1.8 million Employee Theft from Child Protection Services

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former state Department of Social Services employee has been indicted for stealing an estimated $1.8 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services.

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07 18, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Wyoming Woman Pleads Guilty to One Count of Grand Theft By Exploitation

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Gillette, Wyo. woman has pleaded guilty to one count of felony Grand Theft by Exploitation for stealing almost $94,000 from the property of another person.

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07 16, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Urges Congress To Support Safeguard American Voting Eligibility (“SAVE”) Act

South Dakota Attorney General Marty has joined 21 other Attorneys General in urging Congress to support the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (“SAVE”) Act.

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07 11, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Vietnam Man Sentenced to Prison on Child Pornography Charges

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a resident of Vietnam who is in South Dakota on a student visa has been sentenced to 240 days in prison after earlier pleading guilty to two counts of Possession of Child Pornography.

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07 10, 2024

Final Ballot Statement Released for Potential Referral of Proposed Pipeline Bill

The final ballot statement for the potential referral of Senate Bill 201 has been released by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.  It was filed with Secretary of State’s Office on Monday, July 8. 

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07 09, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Texas Couple Sentenced to Probation on Theft Charges

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Texas couple has been sentenced to a combined 10 years in prison and a fine of $86,000 after being convicted of six combined charges in connection with stealing or attempting to steal the property of another person. All prison time was suspended.

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07 03, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Statement On Shooting at Trump Rally

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley statement on shooting at Saturday’s former President Trump’s Rally in Pennsylvania:

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07 03, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Announces Watertown Man Sentenced to Prison on First Degree Rape Charges

A Watertown man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to two counts of First Degree Rape.

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07 03, 2024

Attorney General Jackley, DCI To Review Officer Involved Shooting in Sioux Falls

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that the Division of Criminal investigation (DCI), at the request of the Sioux Falls Police Department and Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning, July 3, in Sioux Falls.South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that the Division of Criminal investigation (DCI), at the request of the Sioux Falls Police Department and Minnehaha County Sherif

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07 02, 2024

Federal Parole Commission Denies Parole Request For Leonard Peltier in Shooting Deaths of Two FBI Agents

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the federal Parole Commission has denied the parole request for Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975.

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07 01, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Determines Former President Trump’s Immunity Request For Official Acts

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley supports the U.S. Supreme Court decision that former President Donald Trump is immune for official acts done while in office, but not necessarily private acts.

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07 01, 2024

Attorney General Jackley Cautions Public About Door-to-Door Sales

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns citizens to be cautious when considering purchasing products or services through a door-to-door sale.

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07 01, 2024

Attorney Jackley Announces Wagner Man Pleads Guilty And Sentenced For Threatening Public Officials

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Wagner man has pleaded guilty but mentally ill and has been sentenced for threatening two public officials.

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