In other ballot question budgetary news, Marsy’s Law is costing us another $65,000. In its budget overview yesterday, the Bureau of Finance and Management told…
Tag: Amendment S
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson thought Henry T. Nicholas’s crime victims bill of rights—branded by Nicholas as “Marsy’s Law”—was a bad idea when it came before…
We don’t have to wait for G. Mark Mickelson and his new out-of-state friends to clarify the crime victims amendment. On Valentine’s Day, the South…
Speaker G. Mark Mickelson has dedicated great effort to this Legislative Session telling us that the influence of out-of-state interests on South Dakota ballot questions…
…and my reminder that he didn’t do much to stop it. Yankton County States Attorney Rob Klimisch says the county needs to hire him another…
Dana Ferguson tracks down an excellent example of how the crime victims’ bill of rights, the astroturf vanity amendment that California billionaire Henry T. Nicholas…
Amendment S, the crime victims bill of rights, may be unconstitutional… in Montana. The ACLU, counties, lawyers, and even a victims’ rights advocate are suing…
“Attorney General Marty Jackley would like to remind South Dakotans that this week is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week,” but he apparently doesn’t want to remind…
Senator-Elect Reynold Nesiba is innocent. Minnehaha County State’s Attorney Aaron McGowan has dropped the single charge of non-consensual sexual contact charge filed against him in…
Tucked into pages 24 and 44 of Governor Daugaard’s FY2018 budget summary book is the state price tag for Amendment S, the somewhat redundant crime victims bill of…