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Attorneys for the defendants asked for and were granted requests ranging from defendants being allowed to travel with family over the holidays to others allowed to participate in school sports and activities. At least one of the alleged victims attends the same school as one of the defendants.

Rape defendants can attend school and school-related activities

News Staff
October 4, 2023
Local, News

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Six members of the Mitchell American Legion Post 18’s varsity baseball team have officially been charged with rape in a Rapid City courtroom. The teenagers appeared in front of a judge Tuesday morning in Pennington County where all pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. The suspects were joined by […]

South Dakota News Watch

Back to school or off to jail: Schools, law enforcement and courts struggle with balance

Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch
January 31, 2023
News

PIERRE, SD – One of the key tenets of juvenile justice reform in South Dakota – keeping low-level youth offenders out of custody in favor of rehabilitative services and a return to public school attendance – is causing headaches for South Dakota education officials, who say they are not equipped to deal with habitual offenders […]