73 ABA Journal South Dakota articles.
Updated: Accused of beating a 63-year-old South Dakota prison guard to death in a failed escape attempt in April, Eric Robert pleaded guilty and said he wants to be executed.
…Oct 26, 2011 11:29 PM CDT
Sixty-five percent of South Dakota’s lawyers are headquartered in four cities in the state, a statistic that concerns the state bar.
Under a new initiative called Project Rural Practice, the…
Sep 9, 2011 12:01 PM CDT
Aug 1, 2011 7:20 AM CDT
Corrected: A Native American has lost his bid for a new sentence because of the judge’s “go native” remark.
The South Dakota Supreme Court said the judge’s comment, used to…
Jun 28, 2011 1:28 PM CDT
Disciplined for repeated rudeness to lawyers, court staff and others, a South Dakota judge says he can’t afford the nearly $175,000 that a six-month suspension and subsequent probation could cost…
Jun 20, 2011 5:54 PM CDT
A 68-year-old judge who flipped the bird, used vulgar language and made insensitive racial and sexist jokes must retire or face a six-month unpaid suspension, the South Dakota Supreme Court…
May 20, 2011 4:24 PM CDT
In a voice choked with emotion, a South Dakota judge today pleaded with the state’s top court to let him stay on the bench until he reaches the mandatory retirement…
Apr 28, 2011 11:22 PM CDT
A former prosecutor should be publicly censured for putting grand jury transcripts on the Internet, the South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled, even though he obtained a court order authorizing…
Apr 22, 2011 8:31 PM CDT
For the first time in its 121-year history, the top court of South Dakota is to hold a hearing later this month to decide whether to remove a sitting judge…
Apr 11, 2011 12:49 PM CDT
A first-of-its-kind law signed Tuesday by South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard requires women seeking abortions to get counseling first.
Women will have to go to “pregnancy help centers” where they…
Mar 23, 2011 12:00 PM CDT
South Dakota lawmakers have postponed indefinitely a vote on a bill that some had criticized as a license to kill abortion providers.
South Dakota House Speaker Val Rausch said a…
Feb 18, 2011 11:30 AM CST
A South Dakota lawmaker is defending his bill that says killings to protect unborn children are justifiable homicide.
Critics have said the bill is a “license to kill” abortion providers,…
Feb 16, 2011 12:12 PM CST
A 62-year-old Sioux Falls lawyer has been acquitted of child pornography charges after claiming he viewed the images at work as part of his legal research.
Leo…
Dec 20, 2010 1:51 PM CST
A 62-year-old Sioux Falls lawyer being tried on child pornography charges is telling a federal district court jury in South Dakota that he viewed the illicit images in order to…
Dec 15, 2010 8:29 PM CST
Now serving six months after making headlines in her South Dakota community for allegedly leading police on a high-speed, booze-fueled chase and taking at least $20,000 from a client trust…
Nov 29, 2010 8:24 PM CST
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