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Montana Supreme Court to decide whether dinosaur fossils are minerals
Courthouse News Service: "The Montana Supreme Court met en banc Thursday morning to decide once and for all whether or not dinosaur fossils are minerals." -
South Dakota initiative successfully reduces juvenile detention
Public News Service: "In the past six years, the youth detention population in South Dakota has decreased significantly and the number of juveniles committed to the Department of Corrections has decreased by 65 percent. The reduction is a result of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, adopted in 2011." -
Minn.: Late judge Diana Murphy honored with renaming of Minneapolis federal courthouse
MPR News: "Dozens of attorneys and judges are expected to gather in downtown Minneapolis to honor a trailblazer in the Twin Cities legal community. Judge Diana Murphy — who died last year at age 84 — was the first woman appointed to the federal bench in Minnesota and the first to sit on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals." -
S.D.: Teen Court a real-life, consequential learning program
Pierre Capital Journal: "Central Teen Court, established in 2002, is the adult-court-approved juvenile diversion program for the Sixth Judicial Circuit. Members of Teen Court — attorneys, jury, bailiff and clerk — are trained teen volunteers and returning defendants." -
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Oglala, Rosebud case against South Dakota officials
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: "The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a case alleging that South Dakota officials were violating the Indian Child Welfare Act." -
Minnesota court strikes down coercion law on free speech grounds
Courthouse News Service: "Minnesota prosecutors charged a man under an unconstitutional statute after he threatened to send video of his ex-girlfriend talking about marijuana to her employer, a state appeals court ruled Monday." -
South Dakota jails more people per capita than any other state, report shows
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: "South Dakota jails more people per capita than any other state in the country, according to a national nonprofit that researches incarceration. Half of those arrests are drug or alcohol-related." -
Minn.: Governor Walz appoints Jade Rosenfeldt to fill Seventh Judicial District vacancy
Voice of Alexandria: "Governor Tim Walz announced the appointment of Jade Rosenfeldt as District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Seventh Judicial District. This appointment fills a vacancy that occurred upon the creation of a new District Court judgeship effective July 1, 2019 and will be chambered in Moorhead in Clay County." -
Many crime victims in S.D. not being paid restitution they are owed
KELO News: "In South Dakota, people convicted of crimes owe their victims millions of dollars in court-ordered restitution, but most of that debt is going unpaid and there is little remedy available for those harmed to get their money." -
South Dakota anti-riot law blocked by federal judge
Courthouse News Service: "A federal judge in South Dakota Wednesday blocked provisions of a new anti-rioting law signed by Gov. Kristi Noem earlier this year that aims to quash protests against the Keystone XL pipeline."