Eric Whitcher News Today

Pennington County States Attorney Laura Roetzel is advocating courts eliminate status hearings in an effort she hopes will expedite cases.

People between 18 and 25 years old are more likely to commit crimes, get arrested and lose momentum in their emerging adult lives as a result.

Funding for the work by the Sixth Amendment Center will come from money already in the Unified Judicial System's current budget, state court administrator Greg Sattizahn said Monday.

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The Indigent Legal Services Task Force has wrapped up the bulk of its work. The Legislature established the 13-member panel earlier this year at the request of South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Steven Jensen. The group on Tuesday reviewed the draft report assembled by staff for the South Dakota court […]

The Indigent Legal Services Task Force is narrowing in on how to potentially improve services in South Dakota. From juvenile offenders to public defense, the committee continued their work this week.

The Indigent Defense Taskforce considered several solutions to a serious problem plaguing counties.