| 04 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Emily’s Hope, along with South Dakota Departments of Social Services and Health, announce a partnership that will result in the distribution of 20,000 naloxone kits, which equals 40,000 doses, throughout South Dakota.
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| 04 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review indicates that South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers were justified in their use of force in an incident that occurred April 1, 2025 near Beresford in Union County.
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| 04 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review indicates that Sioux Falls Police Department Officers were justified in using lethal force during an Officer Involved Shooting April 1, 2025 in Sioux Falls.
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| 04 24, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages people with unneeded prescription medication to safely dispose of it during this Saturday’s National Drug Take Back Day.
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| 04 23, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 25 other Attorneys General in praising U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s creation of a Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force.
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| 04 23, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the State has reached a settlement of its lawsuit against the NCAA that reduces the amount of money that Division I schools, including South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota, will have to pay toward the NCAA’s proposed $2.8 billion settlement of federal class action lawsuits brought by student athletes in California.
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| 04 17, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and 39 other Attorneys General have requested that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) require better cooperation with local law enforcement from the next operator of the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
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| 04 14, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and 38 other Attorneys General demand Congress prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from owning or operating pharmacies.
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| 04 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Sioux Falls man has been indicted in Union County on 11 counts including four felony counts of Attempted First Degree Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer in connection with an incident that occurred April 1, 2025.
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| 04 09, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins a bipartisan group of 51 Attorneys General in notifying nine voice service providers that they may be violating state and federal laws by continuing to route allegedly unlawful robocalls across their networks.
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| 04 08, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Springfield, S.D. woman has pleaded guilty to four forgery-related charges connected to crimes committed while she was an employee of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety and performing contract work for the Department of Health.
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| 04 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former state Department of Social Services employee was found guilty Thursday of stealing an estimated $1.8 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services.
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| 04 01, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 25 other Attorneys General in asking the Trump Administration to close a loophole used by drug traffickers to ship Fentanyl into the United States.
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| 04 01, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of the Sioux Falls Police Department and South Dakota Highway Patrol, is investigating two separate, but related, officer involved shootings with the same suspect that occurred Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Sioux Falls.
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| 03 31, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier has ruled that the state’s lawsuit against the NCAA should be heard in South Dakota circuit court and not federal court as requested by the NCAA.
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| 03 31, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the identities have been confirmed of the two bodies recovered last Friday at the scene of a Wessington Springs house fire.
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| 03 28, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Minnehaha County State’s Attorney Daniel Haggar announce a partnership to support Problem-Solving Courts in Minnehaha County.
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| 03 28, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that two bodies have been recovered at the scene of a Wessington Springs house fire.
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| 03 26, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Rapid City man was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in prison, with 15 years suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to a charge of First Degree Manslaughter in the 2023 beating death of a 53-year-old man in Rapid City.
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| 03 26, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 50 states and territories in seeking preliminary approval for a $39.1 million settlement with generic drug manufacturer Apotex over conspiracy to inflate prices and limit competition.
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| 03 26, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Brookings man has been charged with 12 total counts of Possession of Child Pornography and Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
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| 03 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 51 other Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in support of two military veterans and their families who were unlawfully denied their full G.I. Bill education benefits by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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| 03 24, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange has rejected Briley Wayne Piper’s federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Piper had received the death penalty for the torture and killing of Chester Allan Poage in 2000 near Spearfish.
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| 03 14, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley supports the efforts of President Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to fight the influx of fentanyl into the United States and violent crime.
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| 03 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises the signing of his two bills fighting human trafficking and protecting correction officers.
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| 03 12, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley applauds the cooperation that has led to the signing of the four Government Accountability bills that he proposed this legislative session.
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| 03 12, 2025 | The final ballot explanation for a draft constitutional amendment, proposed by Rick Weiland of Sioux Falls, that would require legislative changes for voter-approved initiated measures for seven years after approval to be approved by three-fourths of the Legislature and also require approval of the voters, has been released by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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| 03 12, 2025 | The final ballot explanation for a draft constitutional amendment, proposed by Rick Weiland of Sioux Falls, that would require legislative changes to initiatives and referendum procedures be approved by a vote of the people has been released by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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| 03 12, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) announce that 85-year-old George Verzani (Ver-zanee) of Scotland has been identified as the person found deceased Tuesday afternoon in Scotland.
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| 03 11, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and South Dakota Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Joel Jundt caution consumers about a text message scam being reported in South Dakota where people are being ordered to pay a tax for traveling on the state’s roads.
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| 03 11, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating the discovery of the body of a deceased individual found Tuesday in Scotland.
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| 03 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) announce that an investigation has determined that Abe Joseph Boushee, 43, died of smoke inhalation and methamphetamine toxicity Feb. 13 following a standoff with law enforcement and a subsequent fire at his Brandon home.
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| 03 07, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 37 other State Attorneys General and the U.S. Department of Justice in submitting a final package of remedies to end Google’s illegal monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competition to benefit consumers.
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| 03 05, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley honors the 45 recruits who graduate Friday, March 7, from the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program in Pierre.
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| 03 04, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, responding to an Open Records Request, has released his travel expense vouchers for the period from January 7, 2023, when he was sworn into office, through Jan. 9, 2025.
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| 03 04, 2025 | South Dakota’s House of Representatives Tuesday gave final approval to bills proposed by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley regarding human trafficking and unauthorized items being brought into state correctional facilities.
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| 03 03, 2025 | South Dakota’s House Judiciary Committee Monday approved two bills, proposed by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, regarding human trafficking and unauthorized items being brought into state correctional facilities.
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| 02 28, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Lake Andes man has been sentenced to 85 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to one count of first-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of another man in May 2024.
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| 02 28, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley urges South Dakota consumers to take time, especially during next week’s National Consumer Protection Week, to protect their personal and financial information. National Consumer Protection Week starts Sunday, March 2, and runs through Saturday, March 8.
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| 02 26, 2025 | All four Government Accountability bills, proposed by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, were approved Wednesday by the House State Affairs Committee, including three by unanimous consent.
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| 02 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a 38-state and territory bipartisan coalition in urging Congress to act against the rise in organized retail crime nationwide.
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| 02 21, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the overall number of reported criminal offenses reported statewide in 2024 increased 1.21 percent compared to 2023.
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| 02 21, 2025 | South Dakota’s Open Meeting Commission meets via Microsoft Teams Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.
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| 02 20, 2025 | An explanation for a draft constitutional amendment, proposed by Rick Weiland of Sioux Falls, that would require legislative changes for voter-approved initiated measures for seven years after approval to be approved by a three-fourths vote of the Legislature and also require approval of the voters, has been submitted for public review by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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| 02 20, 2025 | An explanation for a draft constitutional amendment, proposed by Rick Weiland of Sioux Falls, that would require legislative changes to initiatives and referendum procedures to be approved by a vote of the people, has been submitted for public review by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
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| 02 20, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that court filings in Texas Federal Court are evidence 17 States, including South Dakota, who filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s attempt to bring gender dysphoria as a disability in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are clearly not asking that the lawsuit rule all of Section 504 unconstitutional.
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| 02 19, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 17 recruits who will graduate Friday, Feb. 21, from the Law Enforcement Training program held in Sioux Falls.
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| 02 19, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley reiterates that a lawsuit filed by 17 States regarding Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 only pertains to the listing of gender dysphoria as a disability and was not intended to rule all of Section 504 unconstitutional.
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| 02 18, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises the State Senate for Tuesday’s passage of Senate Bill 62, which would establish mandatory reporting requirements related to improper governmental conduct and crime, and to provide a penalty.
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| 02 14, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) confirm that Abe Joseph Boushee, 43, has been identified as the person who was found deceased at a home in Brandon which was damaged by fire following a standoff with law enforcement Wednesday.
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| 02 14, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley states a lawsuit filed by States to not list gender dysphoria as a disability will not impact South Dakota school age children with disabilities who receive services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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| 02 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 24 other Attorneys General in asking the U.S. Senate to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act which would close a copycat fentanyl loophole.
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| 02 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) confirm that a body of a male subject has been found at a home in Brandon which was destroyed by fire following a standoff with law enforcement Wednesday.
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| 02 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Spearfish man was arrested Wednesday on one count of Possession of Child Pornography.
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| 02 11, 2025 | Two Government Accountability bills proposed by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley were approved Tuesday morning by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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| 02 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages the public to observe Safer Internet Day which is Tuesday, Feb.11, worldwide.
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| 02 08, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the State Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating the Saturday morning death of an inmate at the Clay County Jail.
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| 02 07, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) are warning the public about the discovery this week in Eastern South Dakota of marijuana that appears to have been laced with opioids and possibly Fentanyl.
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| 02 06, 2025 | Senate Bill 57, a bill introduced by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley that would revise presumptive probation, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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| 02 06, 2025 | Senate Bill 59, a bill introduced by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and which would revise provisions relating to the delivery, possession with intent to deliver, and possession of unauthorized articles in a state correctional facility, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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| 02 06, 2025 | Senate Bill 58, legislation proposed by Attorney General Marty Jackley to better address human trafficking in South Dakota, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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| 02 06, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces an Arkansas man was arrested Thursday after a standoff that occurred at a residence north of Witten in Tripp County.
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| 02 05, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former state prison employee has been sentenced to 90 days in prison after earlier pleading guilty to one count of a Prohibited Sexual Act Between a Prison Employee and Prisoner.
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| 02 04, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Rapid City man has been arrested on state charges for threatening Gov. Larry Rhoden.
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| 02 04, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a California man has pleaded guilty in connection to an internet scam involving a Lawrence County couple in a theft of at least $325,000.
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| 02 03, 2025 | Senate Bill 61, which would modify and strengthen the state Board of Internal Control, and which was introduced by Attorney General Marty Jackley and supported by State Auditor Rich Sattgast and Governor Larry Rhoden’s Office, was unanimously approved Monday by the Senate State Affairs Committee.
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| 02 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Dakota State University (DSU) announce Requests for Proposals (RFP) for the SecureSD: Cybersecurity for Municipalities and Counties Initiative that would strengthen the cybersecurity defenses of South Dakota’s local governments.
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| 01 31, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Wagner youth, whose case had earlier been transferred to adult court, was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to one count of First Degree Manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of a 16-year-old male in 2023.
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| 01 30, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Watertown man has been sentenced to life in prison after earlier pleading guilty to two counts of First Degree Rape and one count of Sexual Contact With A Child Under Sixteen.
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| 01 30, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Sioux Falls man has pleaded guilty to one count of Grand Theft by exercising unauthorized control over the Lincoln County Fraternal Order of Police Union’s funds.
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| 01 30, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Sioux Falls man has pleaded guilty to one count of Grand Theft by exercising unauthorized control over the Lincoln County Fraternal Order of Police Union’s funds.
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| 01 29, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is one of the Republican Attorneys General leading a panel discussion this week on the Trump administration transition and working with the Department of Justice on ongoing litigation.
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| 01 27, 2025 | Senate Bill 60, which would expand the access and investigatory authority of the State Auditor and was introduced by Attorney General Marty Jackley, and supported by the State Auditor Rich Sattgast and State Treasurer Josh Haeder, was unanimously approved Monday afternoon by the Senate State Affairs Committee.
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| 01 27, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) employee was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to using a DSS grocery voucher, intended for families in need, for personal use.
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| 01 25, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s statement on Saturday’s U.S. Senate confirmation of Gov. Kristi Noem to be U.S. Homeland Security Director and Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden becoming South Dakota’s newest Governor:
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| 01 22, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley Wednesday presented the office’s proposed $41 million fiscal year 2026 budget which includes funds for the Appellate, Criminal, and Civil Attorney Divisions, the Division of Criminal Investigation, the State Forensic Lab, and Law Enforcement Training.
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| 01 22, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the State Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating the report of possible explosives being located at the site of the new state prison in Lincoln County.
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| 01 22, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley confirms that no explosives were found Wednesday afternoon following an investigation at the site of the new state prison in Lincoln County.
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| 01 20, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley released this statement following former President Biden’s decision to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier from life in prison to serving the remainder of his sentence in home confinement:
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| 01 17, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 17 other Attorneys General in encouraging U.S. Senate leadership to confirm Gov. Kristi Noem, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and other members of the President-elect’s national security team.
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| 01 17, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces two South Dakota Penitentiary inmates have been sentenced to additional time in prison after they had earlier been found guilty of assaulting two correctional officers at the South Dakota Penitentiary in 2023.
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| 01 16, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 24 students who graduate this Friday from the state Basic Telecommunicator Certification Course in Pierre.
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| 01 16, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has issued this statement following the selection of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to serve as that state’s next U.S. Senator.
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| 01 15, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that one person has been arrested in a shooting that occurred Wednesday at a Milbank nursing home.
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| 01 13, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 17 other Attorneys General in supporting the state of Louisiana law that requires all K-12 schools and state-funded universities to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
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| 01 10, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former Department of Corrections employee has been sentenced after earlier pleading guilty to crimes involving a prison inmate.
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| 01 09, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a former South Dakota Department of Social Services employee has been charged with using a DSS grocery voucher, intended for families in need, for personal use.
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| 01 08, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 19 other State Attorneys General in sending a letter to President-elect Trump asking him to secure the southern border when he takes office later this month.
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| 01 08, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Watertown man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading No Contest to First-Degree Rape of an underage child.
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| 01 07, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley will introduce seven bills in this year’s State Legislature that deal with government accountability, whistleblower protections, human trafficking, and corrections.
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| 01 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that he has appointed former Attorney General Mark Vargo to serve as the attorney representing the South Dakota Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Training Commission.
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| 01 03, 2025 | South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a 41-year-old Yankton woman has been identified as the victim in the murder that occurred Thursday in Yankton.
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