| 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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| 04 30, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases Explanation on Draft Constitutional Amendment That Would Repeal Expanded Medicaid Coverage if Federal Funding DeclinesAs 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 repeal expanded Medicaid coverage if federal funding for the expansion drops below 90 percent. The draft explanation has been filed with the Secretary of State’s Office.
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| 04 29, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley, DCI Rule March 31 Sioux Falls Police Department Officer Involved Shooting JustifiedSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review has determined that two Sioux Falls Police Department Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) detectives were justified in their use of force during an Officer Involved Shooting that occurred March 31 in Sioux Falls.
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| 04 29, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases Draft Explanation on Proposed Constitutional Amendment Establishing a Trust for Unclaimed Property FundAs 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 establish a trust for the state’s Unclaimed Property Fund. The draft explanation has been filed with the Secretary of State’s Office.
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| 04 28, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces MMIP Conference Is Friday in Rapid CitySouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the annual South Dakota Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Conference is this Friday, May 1, 2026 in Rapid City.
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| 04 28, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces SD Supreme Court Affirms Terrorism Threat ConvictionSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and sentence of Lucian Celestine for attempted threat of felony terrorism. He had been convicted in Pennington County after making threats to President Donald Trump and taking steps toward carrying out those threats.
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| 04 28, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases Draft Explanation on Proposed Constitutional Amendment Requiring Citizenship to VoteAs required by state law, an 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.
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| 04 24, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces State Open Meeting Commission to Meet April 27South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the State Open Meeting Commission meets Monday, April 27, in Pierre.
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| 04 22, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Warns Public About Public Agency ScamsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is warning South Dakotans about recurring text-message scams in which citizens are threatened by individuals posing as government agencies.
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| 04 21, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Urges South Dakotans to Participate In Saturday’s National Drug Take Back DaySouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages South Dakotans with unneeded prescription medication to safely dispose of it during this Saturday’s National Drug Take Back Day.
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| 04 21, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Pierre Smoke Shop Owner Sentenced to Probation on Drug ChargesSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the owner of a Pierre smoke shop has been sentenced to three years probation after he had earlier pleaded to one felony count of Possession of a Controlled Substance and one misdemeanor count of Possession of a Substance for Purpose of Intoxication.
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| 04 21, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Urges Congress to Pass Sensible Laws that Protect SD Farmers and RanchersSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley testified Tuesday at a Congressional committee hearing that South Dakota farmers and ranchers have been damaged by unrealistic federal regulations.
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| 04 20, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley to Participate in Congressional Roundtable On Lawfare Against America’s Farmers and RanchersSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley participates Tuesday in a Congressional committee roundtable on how America’s farmers and ranchers are being hurt by stringent federal regulations.
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| 04 20, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley, DCI Rule Highway Patrol Shooting JustifiedSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) review has determined that two South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers were justified in their use of force because of a perceived deadly threat that occurred at the conclusion of a vehicle pursuit March 21 in Box Elder.
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| 04 17, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces State Penitentiary Inmate Sentenced to Additional 40 Years in PrisonSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota State Penitentiary inmate has been sentenced to an additional 40 years in prison after earlier being convicted of two counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of First-Degree Robbery.
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| 04 16, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Joins AG Coalition to Support Federal Rule Promoting Transparency in Prescription Drug PricingSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins a coalition of 45 Attorneys General in sending a comment letter that supports a proposed U.S. Department of Labor rule that would require greater transparency from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that service employer-funded health plans covered under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
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| 04 10, 2026 | UNET Announces Arrest of Spearfish Businessman On Felony Drug Charges in a Drug Free ZoneSouth Dakota’s Unified Narcotic Enforcement Team-North (UNET-N) announces the arrest of a Spearfish Businessman for two felony drug charges, both occurring in a Drug Free Zone.
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| 04 02, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Advisory Task Force Committee On Open Meeting Laws to Meet Tuesday, April 7South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the Advisory Task Force Committee on Open Meetings Laws will meet Tuesday, April 7, in Pierre.
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| 04 01, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Yankton Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Second Degree MurderSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Yankton man has been sentenced to Life in Prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to Second Degree Murder in connection with the 2025 murder of a Yankton woman.
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| 04 01, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces DCI Investigating Officer Involved Shooting in Sioux FallsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of the Sioux Falls Police Department, is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred Tuesday, March 31, in Sioux Falls.
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| 03 31, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Urges Congress to Pass Legislation Protecting Communities from Illicit XylazineSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 40 other Attorneys General in urging Congress to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would classify Xylazine as a federally controlled substance and would help law enforcement stop the spread of the drug.
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| 03 31, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Pierre Smoke Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Drug ChargesSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the owner of a Pierre smoke shop has pleaded guilty to one felony count of Possession of a Controlled Substance and one misdemeanor count of Possession of a Substance for Purpose of Intoxication.
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| 03 27, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Parkston Man Sentenced to Prison for Third Degree Rape ConvictionSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Parkston man has been sentenced to six years in prison after he was earlier convicted by a Yankton jury on charges of Third Degree Rape and Taking Pictures without Consent.
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| 03 26, 2026 | U.S. Attorney’s Office and South Dakota Attorney General’s Office Hold Joint Press Conference on Combating Government FraudUnited States Attorney Ron Parsons and South Dakota Attorney General Marty J. Jackley held a joint press conference at the Sioux Falls Police Department on Thursday, March 26, 2026, to highlight new federal and state initiatives to combat the serious problem of fraud committed against state and federal governments and government programs.
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| 03 25, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Major March Accomplishments by AG’s Criminal DivisionAttorney General Marty Jackley announces significant accomplishments by the Attorney General’s Criminal Division throughout the month of March, highlighting a series of major jury trials, homicide verdicts, and statewide collaboration among prosecutors and law enforcement.
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| 03 23, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley’s Genetic Data Privacy Bill Signed into LawSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s bill to protect personal genetic data was signed Monday by Gov. Larry Rhoden, meaning all 10 of the Attorney General’s legislative measures this session have been signed into law.
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| 03 22, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces DCI Investigating Officer Involved Shooting in Box ElderSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), at the request of the South Dakota Highway Patrol, is investigating an officer involved shooting that occurred Saturday, March 21, in Box Elder.
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| 03 20, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Centerville Man Convicted by Jury in Triple Murder TrialSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Centerville man has been found guilty by a McCook County Jury, for a 2024 triple homicide that occurred in Centerville, SD.
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| 03 19, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Commends SD Supreme Court Decision Affirming Inmate Conviction on Assault of DOC Staff MemberSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions of Kelly D. Warfield for simple assault against a Department of Corrections correctional officer and intentional damage to property, stemming from a 2021 incident at the Mike Durfee State Prison.
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| 03 18, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Urges U.S. Senate to Pass SAVE America ActSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins the America First Policy Institute’s Attorneys General Council in urging U.S. Senate leadership to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act.
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| 03 18, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Sioux Falls Man Convicted by Jury For Attempted First Degree Murder of Law Enforcement OfficerSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Union County jury has convicted a Sioux Falls man of multiple felony counts, including three counts of Attempted First-Degree Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer, stemming from an April 1, 2025 incident near Beresford.
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| 03 17, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Final Defendant Sentenced To Life in Prison for Rapid City Double HomicideSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the final defendant convicted in a 2022 double homicide in Rapid City has been sentenced to life in prison.
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| 03 17, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Joins Lawsuit Against OneMain Financial, Inc.South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a bipartisan group of 13 Attorneys General in suing OneMain Financial, Inc. for illegally misleading its customers and trapping tens of thousands of borrowers in expensive loans with hidden costs.
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| 03 16, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces South Dakota Live Nation, Ticketmaster SettlementSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the state will receive $677,920 as part of the state’s settlement in the Live Nation and Ticketmaster anti-trust suit, and better entertainment ticket pricing with competition.
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| 03 16, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley’s Bills Protecting Young Adults and Children, Prison Staff and Inmates Signed Into Law Four more bills in South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s legislative package were signed into law Monday by Gov. Larry Rhoden.
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| 03 15, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces State Penitentiary Inmate Jury ConvictionSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota State Penitentiary inmate has been convicted of two counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of First-Degree Robbery.
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| 03 13, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Commends SD Supreme Court Decision Affirming Lawrence County ConvictionsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley commends the South Dakota Supreme Court decision affirming multiple felony convictions against Kolten Bradford Ware arising from several criminal cases in Lawrence and Meade counties.
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| 03 12, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces ICAC Investigation Leads to Huron Man Indicted on 20 Child Pornography ChargesSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Huron Middle School staff member has now been indicted on 20 total Child Pornography charges following an investigation by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the Huron Police Department.
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| 03 12, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Two Defendants Sentenced To Life in Prison for Rapid City Double HomicideSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that two of three defendants convicted in a 2022 double homicide in Rapid City have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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| 03 12, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces SD Supreme Court Upholds Criminal Convictions in Charles Mix County CaseSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions of Hazen Hunter Winckler, rejecting claims that the State lacked jurisdiction over criminal offenses occurring at the Charles Mix County courthouse and jail.
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| 03 12, 2026 | Attorney General Announces State Supreme Court Decision Affirms Minnehaha County ConvictionsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that the South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions of Christian Elliott Clifford following a jury trial in Minnehaha County.
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| 03 11, 2026 | Governor Signs Attorney General Jackley’s Election Integrity BillSenate Bill 17, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s election integrity bill, was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Larry Rhoden.
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| 03 09, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces State Reaches Mayday Health Settlement and Removal of Unlawful Abortion Pill AdsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces South Dakota has settled its lawsuit with Mayday Health, and the New York company has agreed to remove any signs with deceptive and unlawful advertisements of abortion pills in the state now and in the future.
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| 03 04, 2026 | Friday Ceremony to Celebrate Graduation of 200th Law Enforcement Certification ClassSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that Friday’s graduation of the current Basic Law Enforcement Certification class is not only a ceremony for the students, but also a celebration of the 200th class to complete the program.
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| 03 04, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Urges "National Slam the Slam Observance Day" to Urge Consumers to Remain Cautious About ScamsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages consumers to remain vigilant against scammers who impersonate government agencies, law enforcement or businesses.
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| 03 04, 2026 | State House Passes Attorney General Jackley’s Final Seven BillsSouth Dakota’s House of Representatives has approved Attorney General Marty Jackley’s final seven legislative bills, meaning that all 10 of the Attorney General’s bills proposed this session are one step closer to becoming law.
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| 03 02, 2026 | State House State Affairs Committee Approves Attorney General Jackley’s Election Integrity BillSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s Election Integrity bill was unanimously approved Monday by the State House Affairs Committee.
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| 03 02, 2026 | State House Committee Approves Six Attorney General BillsSix bills proposed by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley that include protecting children from online predators and strengthen penalties for bringing illegal substances into the state’s prisons were approved Monday by the State House Judiciary Committee.
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| 02 27, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Thanks Meta For Efforts to Improve Youth Safety on InstagramSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley applauds Meta and Instagram for doing the right thing in implementing preventive efforts where parents using Instagram's child supervision tools will soon receive alerts if their teen repeatedly searches for suicide or self-harm related terms on that platform.
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| 02 26, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces State Supreme Court Upholds Commitment of Juvenile for Terrorist ThreatSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a circuit court’s decision to commit a juvenile to the State Department of Corrections after the juvenile made a terrorist threat at a school.
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| 02 24, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley, Pennington County State’s Attorney Roetzel Announce Three Defendants Convicted in 2022 Double HomicideSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Pennington County State’s Attorney Lara Roetzel announce that three Rapid City individuals have been convicted by a Pennington County jury in connection with the Aug. 20, 2022 double homicide of Joseph Standing Bear, 29, of Norris and Petan Milk, 37, of Rapid City.
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| 02 20, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces State Circuit Court Orders Mayday Health Case to Move Forward to TrialSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a South Dakota Circuit Court has ruled that the state’s lawsuit against Mayday Health over allegations of deceptive and unlawful abortion pill ads can move forward and ordered that a trial date be set.
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| 02 19, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases 2025 Crime in South Dakota ReportSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the overall number of reported criminal offenses statewide in 2025 decreased by 6.03 percent compared to 2024.
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| 02 18, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Testifies in Opposition To Bill Repealing State’s Death PenaltySouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley Wednesday testified in opposition to House Bill 1268 which would have repealed the death penalty in South Dakota.
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| 02 18, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Honors 19 Recruits Graduating Thursday from Law Enforcement Training Program in Sioux FallsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 19 recruits who graduate this Thursday night from the regional Law Enforcement Training program held in Sioux Falls.
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| 02 17, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Opposes Rule Expanding Access to Abortion Drugs Via Mail and TelehealthSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined a coalition of 22 Attorneys General who support Louisiana’s lawsuit challenging a Biden-era rule that expanded access to abortion drugs through the mail and telehealth, despite contrary state laws.
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| 02 10, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Urges Public to Observe Safer Internet Day Today (Tuesday)South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley encourages the public to observe Safer Internet Day which is today (Tuesday, Feb. 10).
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| 02 07, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces One Arrest Made, One Injured In Wagner IncidentSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that one individual has been arrested in connection with an incident reported early Friday morning in Wagner.
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| 02 07, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Honors Those Graduating Today From Basic Telecommunicator Certification CourseSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley congratulates the 23 students who graduate today (Friday) from the state Basic Telecommunicator Certification Course.
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| 02 05, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Commends SD Supreme Court on “False Confession" South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley commends the South Dakota Supreme Court for reversing a circuit court judge’s decision that allowed a psychiatrist to testify about “false confessions” because his opinions were not reliable or helpful enough under the rules for expert evidence.
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| 02 04, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Presents Public Integrity Report to Legislative CommitteeSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has released his Public Integrity Report to the Government Operations & Audit Committee. The report details the work of the Public Integrity Unit in 2025, which reviewed 47 unique reports of misconduct by state government employees, resulting in 14 criminal investigations and four state employees being criminally charged. All four cases are still pending.
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| 02 04, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley’s Government Transparency Bills Receive Full House ApprovalSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s three government transparency bills cleared their final legislative hurdle Wednesday when they were unanimously approved by the full State House of Representatives.
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| 02 03, 2026 | State House Local Government Committee Passes Attorney General Jackley’s Government Transparency BillsAll three of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s government transparency bills were unanimously approved Tuesday by the State House Local Government Committee.
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| 02 02, 2026 | South Dakota Attorney General Jackley Announces Settlement With Two Generic Drug Companies, Joins Lawsuit Against a ThirdSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and a coalition of 48 states and territories announce settlements with Lannett Company, Inc. (“Lannett”) and Bausch Health US, LLC and Bausch Health Americas, Inc. (“Bausch”), totaling $17.85 million to resolve allegations that both companies engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition, and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to numerous gene Read More |
| 01 30, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Watertown Man Convicted in 2024 Officer Involved Shooting IncidentSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces a Watertown man has been convicted of three charges in connection with an officer involved shooting that occurred Dec. 5, 2024 in the parking lot of the Yankton High School.
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| 01 29, 2026 | State Senate Approves Attorney General Jackley Bill to Enhance Penalties for Use of Controlled Substances in PrisonsSouth Dakota State Senators Thursday approved Attorney General Marty Jackley’s bill that enhances the penalties for ingestion, possession, possession with intent to deliver, and delivery of a controlled substance in a state correctional facility.
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| 01 27, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Files Argument for South Dakota Jurisdiction Over Mayday Health in New York Federal CourtSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces he will personally appear in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Thursday to argue that South Dakota state court, not New York federal court, should rule on whether Mayday Health’s advertisements in South Dakota are untruthful and deceptive including whether it has the right to advertise the sale of abortion pills in South Dakota that the State Legislature has banned.
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| 01 26, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces 11 Indictments in Connection With Suspected Prison Drug Overdose DeathSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that 11 people, including seven prison inmates, three private citizens, and one person who was contracted by the state at the time, have been indicted in connection with a November 2025 drug overdose death of an inmate at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield.
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| 01 23, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Presents $41.7 Million Budget to State Legislative Appropriations CommitteeSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley Friday presented the office’s proposed $41.7 million fiscal year 2027 budget which includes funds for the Appellate, Criminal, and Civil Attorney Divisions, the Consumer Protection Division, the Division of Criminal Investigation, the State Forensic Lab, and Law Enforcement Training to the Legislative Appropriations Committee.
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| 01 23, 2026 | Aberdeen Man Sentenced to Prison on Three Counts of Computer-Generated Child PornographySouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that an Aberdeen man has been sentenced to prison after he became the first person charged under a new 2024 South Dakota law that made computer-generated child pornography a crime.
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| 01 23, 2026 | State Senate Approves Attorney General Jackley Bill Designed to Protect Children from Online PredatorsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s bill that would give the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) another tool to identify where child pornographic materials are being disseminated within the state unanimously passed the State Senate Friday.
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| 01 22, 2026 | Full Senate Approves Six of Attorney General Jackley’s Legislative BillsSix of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s legislative bills, ranging from government transparency to election integrity to protection from illegal drugs and the theft of personal genetic data, received final approval from the State Senate Thursday.
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| 01 21, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley’s Legislative Bills on Election Integrity, Open Meeting Transparency Receive Senate Committee ApprovalSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s legislative bills that would strengthen election integrity and open meeting transparency received unanimous approval Wednesday from the Senate State Affairs Committee.
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| 01 20, 2026 | State Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Approves Attorney General Jackley’s Legislative Bills to Protect Children and PrivacyState Senate Judiciary Committee members unanimously approved three more of South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s legislative bills Tuesday morning, sending them to the full Senate for further consideration.
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| 01 16, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley’s Bills on AI Pornography And Digital Currency Receive Final State Senate ApprovalSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s two bills that protect citizens from AI-generated pornography and allows for the seizure of cryptocurrency as part of criminal investigations were both unanimously approved by the full State Senate Friday afternoon.
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| 01 15, 2026 | Friday Court Hearing on Attorney General Jackley’s Injunction On Abortion Deceptive Advertising Postponed Over State’s ObjectionFriday’s scheduled court hearing on South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s motion to stop Mayday Health from deceptively advertising the sale of abortion pills and abortion services in South Dakota has been postponed at the request of Mayday Health.
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| 01 15, 2026 | Senate Committee Approves Three Bills Sponsored by Attorney General JackleySouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley thanks the State Senate Judiciary Committee for passing three of his legislative bills during a hearing Thursday (today) at the State Capitol.
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| 01 14, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Former SDSU Equestrian Coach Indicted for Using State Resources for Personal UseSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the former equestrian coach at South Dakota State University has been indicted on one felony count of Grand Theft for using SDSU and taxpayer resources for her personal use.
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| 01 13, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley, State’s Attorney Cotton Announce Wagner Man Arrested In Vehicle DeathSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Charles Mix County State’s Attorney Steve Cotton announce that a Wagner man has been arrested in connection with a fatal vehicle-related incident that occurred Saturday night near Wagner.
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| 01 13, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Releases Official Opinion On Use of Campaign Funds for Childcare or Security ExpensesSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has issued an official opinion stating that childcare and security expenses directly incurred due to campaign activity or holding office are permissible expenditures from a candidate’s campaign fund under current law and subject to statutory restrictions.
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| 01 09, 2026 | Court Hearing on Attorney General Jackley’s Injunction On Abortion Deceptive Advertising Moved to Friday, Jan. 16, in PierreNext week’s court hearing on South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley’s motion to stop Mayday Health from deceptively advertising the sale of abortion pills and abortion services in South Dakota has been rescheduled.
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| 01 08, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Aberdeen Man Indicted on 85 Criminal Counts When Committed as a State EmployeeSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces an Aberdeen man has now been indicted on 85 total felony and misdemeanor counts that include Solicitation of Second Degree Rape, Possession of Child Pornography, Dissemination of Image or Recording – Victim Seventeen Years of Age or Under, and Unlawful Use of a Computer System while he was a former employee of the State Driver Licensing Office in Aberdeen.
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| 01 07, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces AG Bills Officially Filed South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the 10 legislative bills he will propose in this year’s session have now been officially filed by the state Legislative Research Council.
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| 01 06, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Proposes Legislation To Strengthen State’s Digital Cryptocurrency InvestigationsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley plans to introduce legislation in the 2026 South Dakota Legislature that would allow law enforcement to seize digital Cryptocurrency accounts that are part of criminal investigations.
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| 01 06, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Announces Former State Employee Arraigned On Five Counts of Falsifying Investigative ReportsSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Spearfish woman has been arraigned on four felony counts and one misdemeanor count of falsifying investigative reports while an employee of the South Dakota Department of Social Services’ Child Protective Services.
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| 01 05, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Introduces Bills Designed To Protect Children, ConsumersLegislation aimed at protecting children from internet crimes and human trafficking, along with safeguarding consumers’ genetic privacy, will be among two bills Attorney General Marty Jackley introduces during the 2026 legislative session.
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| 01 03, 2026 | Attorney General Jackley Issues Statement in Support Of President Trump’s Capture of Venezuela Leader MaduroSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has issued the following statement in support of President Trump’s action in Venezuela Saturday:
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