Welcome back to the Politics of Prosecution Podcast! This podcast examines the interaction between politics, broadly defined, and criminal prosecution on the local, state and federal levels. Our goal is to produce a variety of shows using different media. The podcast’s first series is created and produced by students in High Point University’s Honors Program. They will look at a variety of issues raised by ongoing events.
This fourteenth episode features a look into a current case with the Attorney General of South Dakota after he struck a man with his car, fatally injuring him. They give a thorough breakdown at current statues in South Dakota and how to elect and remove an Attorney General from office and a breakdown of the current case facts. They then go through three past cases with Attorneys General or other political officials who have gotten into trouble legally or publicly that caused them to resign. They then discuss the possible implications of the South Dakota Attorney’s General case and how they think that should be determined. They then move into voter discretion and if the past crimes of Attorneys Generals should be disclosed when they run for office.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/15/913100631/s-d-s-attorney-general-fatally-strikes-man-with-car-says-he-thought-he-hit-a-dee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_South_Dakota#:~:text=The%20Attorney%20General%20of%20South,the%20state's%20chief%20legal%20officer.
https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/south-dakota-attorney-general-was-frequent-traveler-before-fatal-crash/article_9b203fe7-379a-5297-b242-67721c62d74a.html
https://atg.sd.gov/
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https://ballotpedia.org/Attorney_General_of_South_Dakota
https://law.justia.com/codes/south-dakota/2019/title-3/chapter-17/section-3-17-3/
https://law.justia.com/codes/south-dakota/2019/title-3/chapter-17/section-3-17-4/
https://law.justia.com/codes/south-dakota/2019/title-3/chapter-17/section-3-17-6/
https://law.justia.com/codes/south-dakota/2019/title-3/chapter-17/section-3-17-12/
https://law.justia.com/codes/south-dakota/2019/title-3/chapter-17/section-3-17-13/
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/criminal_justice/standards/ProsecutionFunctionFourthEdition/
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https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Senate_Impeachment_Role.htm
https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Constitution/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=0N-4-7
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