71 ABA Journal South Dakota articles.
The Death Penalty Information Center is calling for the release of more information on the drug used to execute a South Dakota inmate whose last words were, “Is it supposed…
Nov 15, 2018 12:58 PM CST
The Democratic Attorneys General Association has launched an initiative to elect more women to an underestimated position: state attorney general. DAGA’s 1881 Initiative is named for the first year two women ran for—and lost—state AG seats. The goal is to ensure that by 2022 at least half the Democratic attorneys general will be women.
Jul 1, 2018 2:10 AM CDT
Early last year, two suicidal patients showed up at a hospital emergency room in Pierre, South Dakota, seeking help. Although the incidents happened weeks apart, both patients ended up in…
Sep 25, 2017 7:00 AM CDT
A periodic survey of corporations by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s legal-reform arm found that Delaware has lost its No. 1 ranking for being business-friendly in legal matters, dropping to…
Sep 12, 2017 1:45 PM CDT
The private prisoner transport company whose van was stolen by two inmates last week in Oklahoma — precipitating a national manhunt that remains underway — may be feeling a sense…
Sep 1, 2017 7:00 AM CDT
Updated: A former police officer in South Carolina pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal civil rights charge for fatally shooting an unarmed man who ran away during a traffic stop…
May 2, 2017 12:22 PM CDT
A South Dakota judge has refused to dismiss a suit against ABC News brought under a state food-libel law that provides for triple the damages.
The suit by Beef Products…
Mar 14, 2017 4:05 PM CDT
May 1, 2016 12:30 AM CDT
South Dakota bills criminal defendants $92 an hour for representation by a public defender, even if they have no ability to pay.
Failure to pay for the legal representation is…
Mar 9, 2016 6:15 AM CST
South Dakota’s governor has vetoed a controversial transgender bathroom bill.
On Tuesday, the state’s Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard rejected the proposed bill, which would force transgender public school students to…
Mar 2, 2016 4:10 PM CST
Already sentenced in September to 50 years in a state-court child-rape case, a former South Dakota county prosecutor pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a federal child-pornography case that involved abuse…
Nov 18, 2015 3:00 PM CST
The slayings of nine people attending a Bible-study group at a historic African-American church this week cast a heavy shadow over the annual Juneteenth celebration of black empowerment and freedom…
Jun 19, 2015 12:55 PM CDT
Law schools in the country’s West North Central region have bragging rights for the best employment statistics in the nation.
The Institute for the Advancement of the Legal System used…
Jun 4, 2015 11:55 AM CDT
Robins Kaplan will soon be closing its Atlanta office, which at last report listed a dozen lawyers on the attorney roster, in order to focus the firm’s efforts elsewhere.
“As…
Apr 17, 2015 12:10 PM CDT
A South Dakota law enacted in 1976 that was supposed to limit excessive damages in medical malpractice trials may have solved the perceived problem by entirely eliminating many such cases.
…Feb 5, 2015 11:30 AM CST
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