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Advocates say Minnesota is moving too slow on early release prison program

Advocates say Minnesota is moving too slow on early release prison program

Posted by Angel Law on July 14, 2025

Criminal justice advocates are frustrated that a law that allows incarcerated people to shorten their sentences in Minnesota is still in its pilot stages two years after it was passed.

The Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act (MRRA) was passed by the Minnesota Legislature in 2023, and went into effect Aug. 1 of that year. The act allows incarcerated people to shorten their sentence by up to 17% for good behavior and if they work to rehabilitate themselves by participating in programming and treatment.

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Here are 11 new Iowa laws that include criminal penalties

Here are 11 new Iowa laws that include criminal penalties

Posted by Angel Law on July 11, 2025

Iowa drivers will be more likely to get pulled over after July 1 if they are behind the wheel with their cellphones in their hands. This new law is one of many passed by the Iowa Legislature during the 2025 session set to go into effect at the beginning of July.

Senate File 22 bans the use of cellphones and electronic devices when not in voice activated or hands-free mode while operating a vehicle. Police officers will begin pulling over distracted drivers and charging them with a warning starting July 1. Come January 2026, offenders will be charged with a simple misdemeanor, punishable by a fine between $100 and $850.

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South Dakota Supreme Court Upholds Use of Body Camera Footage in Assault Case

South Dakota Supreme Court Upholds Use of Body Camera Footage in Assault Case

Posted by Angel Law on July 8, 2025

The South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision regarding the admissibility of body camera footage as evidence, a ruling praised by South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley. The High Court’s unanimous decision upheld a Pennington County Circuit Court ruling in the case of State of South Dakota v. Michael David Geist.

The case involved Michael David Geist, who was convicted of assaulting a Rapid City Police Officer. During the trial, the prosecution presented body camera footage from a second officer. Geist’s defense argued that the footage should have been inadmissible because the officer who recorded it was unavailable to testify due to a military assignment. Continue reading “South Dakota Supreme Court Upholds Use of Body Camera Footage in Assault Case” →

Lawmakers look for ways to deliver on support for ‘essential’ ambulance service

Lawmakers look for ways to deliver on support for ‘essential’ ambulance service

Posted by Angel Law on July 3, 2025

Back in February, South Dakota lawmakers recognized emergency medical services as an “essential service.”

Sort of.

“Essential service” typically means the government has to guarantee access to said service by providing or funding it.

The majority of states don’t affix that designation to ambulance services. Continue reading “Lawmakers look for ways to deliver on support for ‘essential’ ambulance service” →

U.S. Supreme Court ruling clears way for online pornography restrictions in South Dakota

U.S. Supreme Court ruling clears way for online pornography restrictions in South Dakota

Posted by Angel Law on June 30, 2025

A Friday decision by the U.S. Supreme Court set the stage for a law restricting access to online pornography to take effect Tuesday in South Dakota, but the ruling doesn’t shield the state from lawsuits.

In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, the nation’s high court ruled that a Texas law requiring adults to prove their age to access adult-oriented websites is constitutional.

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AG Jackley announces $100,000 grant for ICAC Task Force

AG Jackley announces $100,000 grant for ICAC Task Force

Posted by Angel Law on June 23, 2025

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced on Thursday that the Division of Criminal Investigation has received a $100,000 grant from the Attorney General Alliance to help combat internet crimes against children.

“These resources will be used to detect, interrupt, and prosecute child predators and human traffickers,” said Attorney General Jackley.

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New laws to take effect July 1

New laws to take effect July 1

Posted by Angel Law on June 19, 2025

On July 1, 197 new laws will take effect in South Dakota, following Gov. Larry Rhoden’s signing of 210 bills, with 13 enacted immediately under emergency clauses. He vetoed two bills—one establishing child care assistance and another introducing geographic petition requirements.

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Photos show arrest of Boelter in the shooting of lawmakers in MN

Photos show arrest of suspect in the shooting of lawmakers in Minnesota following a huge search

Posted by Angel Law on June 16, 2025

The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.

Vance Boelter was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and two of attempted murder. He is accused of posing as a police officer and fatally shooting former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home early Saturday in the northern Minneapolis suburbs.

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Federal task force formed to combat criminal organizations in Midwest

Federal task force formed to combat criminal organizations in Midwest

Posted by Angel Law on June 13, 2025

Federal authorities have launched a new Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) designed at dismantling criminal cartels, foreign gangs and transnational criminal organizations operating in Kansas, Missouri and the greater Midwest.

Announced Thursday, June 12, 2025 by the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations, the new Kansas City-based regional HSTF will bring together federal agents, intelligence analysts and law enforcement partners under one umbrella to fight organized crime in America’s heartland.

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South Dakota is on track to spend $2 billion on prisons in the next decade

South Dakota is on track to spend $2 billion on prisons in the next decade

Posted by Angel Law on June 9, 2025

Two years after approving a tough-on-crime sentencing law, South Dakota is scrambling to deal with the price tag for that legislation: Housing thousands of additional inmates could require up to $2 billion to build new prisons in the next decade.

That’s a lot of money for a state with one of the lowest populations in the U.S., but a consultant said it’s needed to keep pace with an anticipated 34% surge of new inmates in the next decade as a result of South Dakota’s tough criminal justice laws. And while officials are grumbling about the cost, they don’t seem concerned with the laws that are driving the need even as national crime rates are dropping.

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