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SD man gets prison for involuntary manslaughter
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota man has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson announced Friday that 38-year-old Mark Clairmont, of Norris, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. Clairmont pleaded guilty to the charge in June.
• Prosecutors say Clairmont was driving drunk in February 2012 when he lost control of his vehicle and it rolled. A passenger in the car was ejected and died. Clairmont's blood-alcohol content level was .281, more than three times the legal limit for driving, two hours after the crash.
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SD man sentenced for assaulting federal officer
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An Eagle Butte man accused of punching a federal officer in the face and giving him a concussion has been sentenced in federal court.
• Twenty-four-year-old Matthew Dupris (doo-PREE') was sentenced to 13 months behind bars and two years of supervised release.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says Dupris was accused of assaulting the officer in March 2012 after being detained on suspicion of drunken driving.
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Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials
The Associated Press
• Argus Leader of Sioux Falls. Jan. 8, 2013
• Strategy for reducing crime encouraging
• With a promise to save money and make South Dakota safer, Gov. Dennis Daugaard indicated in his State of the State speech recently that criminal justice reform is a priority in this legislative session.
• Safely reducing the prison population and reducing repeat offender rates, as proposed by his administration, sound like two good initial steps to preventing our state from needing to build more prison space. His concern is warranted with our state's growth in inmate numbers surpassing other states and an estimated cost of $200 million to build and operate additional prison space.
• To his credit and after months of hard work listening to judges and others involved in how we handle those who violate state law, Daugaard had supporters on (Continued on page 26)
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