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The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a South Dakota man who used two Facebook accounts to distribute child pornography.Kevin…

A U.S. District Judge has found South Dakota's 2020 restrictions on petition circulators to be unconstitutional.Judge Lawrence Piersol ruled earlier this…

Lifers who committed their crimes before they were 25 years old will not have a chance at parole when they turn 50.Senate Bill 146 has been killed in the…

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has resolved a legal challenge to South Dakota's restrictions on initiated and referred measures.The appeals court…

An agent of the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation acted properly when he interviewed an Oglala Lakota suspect on the Pine Ridge…

A South Dakota inmate serving life without parole is asking the South Dakota Supreme Court to overturn his sentence.Jonathon Klinetobe was charged with…

A South Dakota inmate who dismembered his victim after killing her is asking for a new trial.Stephen Falkenberg was found guilty in Yankton County of…

The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a drunk driver who killed two adults and injured a young girl.Now a state prison inmate, the…

In May 2018 a postal worker at St. Francis saw a baggie of white powder that had fallen out of a broken package.Rosebud Sioux Tribal Police field-tested…

A federal inmate is appealing his conviction for selling a drug that almost caused a user's death.The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments last…