A repeat bank robber may have a shot at freedom after the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to recommend a commutation.| South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Kristi Noem has granted a commutation to a convicted murderer that will allow him a shot at parole, but not for another eight years.| South Dakota Searchlight
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story about pardons is part of a special report on executive clemency. An additional story explores commutations, and a commentary outlines difficulties encountered in obtaining pardon records. — A father from Fort Pierre with five drunken driving convictions and more than a decade of sobriety wants to take his son hunting. A […]| South Dakota Searchlight
Gov. Kristi Noem has issued 12 sentence reductions – formally known as “commutations” – since she became governor in 2019.| South Dakota Searchlight