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his alleged involvement are not being released because he is a juvenile.
• Scott Swier, the lawyer for Laurie Cournoyer, 29, said in a motion he gave to The Associated Press ahead of its filing that he is asking the charge of failing to notify law enforcement be dismissed.
• In the motion, Swier said the charge should be dismissed because it violates the fifth amendment. Swier filed the motion and a memorandum in support of it in Charles Mix County Court on Tuesday afternoon.
• The law "presents a defendant with the proverbial choice between 'a rock and a hard place' - either incriminate herself or commit a crime for failing to do so," the memorandum in support of the motion says.
• In a statement to The Associated Press, Swier said "essentially what the state has done is criminalized a citizen's right to remain silent."
• According to police affidavits, Laurie Cournoyer had a difficult time recalling recent events and the last time she had seen the toddler. At one point when questioned about the exact time, she said, "Maybe it was yesterday, I don't know." She could not recall who had placed the toddler in the closet.
• Attorney General Marty Jackley said he could not comment specifically on the motion until the state sees it.
• "Because neither the state nor the court has had the benefit of receiving any constitutional challenge to South Dakota's Caylee's Law, it is difficult to respond beyond, 'It is not my interpretation that the constitution protects or creates a right to place a dead child in a closet,' " he said.
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• CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) -- A steel fragment from the destroyed World Trade Center in New York City is part of a new monument at the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota dedicated to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
• About 100 people attended a ceremony Tuesday on the 11th anniversary of the attacks to dedicate the monument that also includes two stone pillars.
• Speakers included Larry Connors, a retired New York Fire Department battalion commander who responded to attack on the World Trade Center. Also speaking was Corky Soderstrom, a retired Hastings on Hudson policeman who responded to the attack.
• The memorial also honors the efforts of emergency responders after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93.

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