Indigent Legal Services Task Force Holds Final Listening Session Online Tuesday

Indigent Legal Services Task Force Holds Final Listening Session Online Tuesday

PIERRE — The Indigent Legal Services Task Force held it’s final listening session Tuesday, After traveling across South Dakota for input, Tuesday’s session was via Zoom. State Court Administrator Greg Sattizahn says the group’s report is due November 15th…

South Dakota is one of the few states without some sort of regionalized public defender office and Sattizahn thinks something like that may be the way to move forward…

District 24 state Senator Jim Mehlhaff says establishing a uniform system of representation is important moving forward….

The next full meeting of the Indigent Legal Services Task Force is June 20th in Sioux Falls.