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Senate tables bill to study alternatives to tough-on-crime approaches to drug addiction

The ACLU of South Dakota supported Senate Concurrent Resolution 7, legislation that would have created a task force to study and make legislative proposals regarding alternatives to incarceration for those convicted of the crime of ingestion of controlled substances.
Issue Areas: Smart Justice

Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance repeal of presumptive probation

The ACLU of South Dakota opposes Senate Bill 19, legislation that would repeal presumptive probation.
Issue Areas: Smart Justice

Americans for Prosperity and American Civil Liberties Union Come Together to Support Presumptive Probation

If passed, this legislation would repeal presumptive probation, originally instituted with a series of criminal justice reforms during the 2013 legislative session. Presumptive probation allows low-level offenders to rehabilitate their lives without adding to our overcrowded prison population.
Issue Areas: Smart Justice

ACLU of South Dakota Supports SCR 7, Studying Alternatives to Incarceration for Addiction

The ACLU of South Dakota supports the creation of a task force to study and make legislative proposals regarding alternatives to incarceration for those convicted of the crime of ingestion of controlled substances.
Issue Areas: Smart Justice

Civil Rights Organizations Urge Eighth Circuit to Accept Appeal of Man Who May Have Been Sentenced to Death Because He is Gay

Civil Rights Organizations Urge Eighth Circuit to Accept Appeal of Man Who May Have Been Sentenced to Death Because He is Gay