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Nearly 40 years after South Dakota changed sentencing law, dozens are serving 100 years or more for first-degree manslaughter Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Brainerd Dispatch: "Nearly 25 years ago, Joaquin Ramos entered the South Dakota State Penitentiary to begin a life sentence for first-degree manslaughter, angry about the circumstances that led him there."

Read more at: https://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/crime-and-courts/4640945-Nearly-40-years-after-South-Dakota-changed-sentencing-law-dozens-are-serving-100-years-or-more-for-first-degree-manslaughter