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• Seward said more than 80 percent of the new inmates admitted to prison each year are convicted of nonviolent offenses, and more than half of them are convicted of drug and alcohol offenses. About one in four inmates is behind bars because of a parole violation, he said.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota woman who pleaded guilty to a felony charge of child abuse and neglect in the death of her five-month-old baby has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
• Federal prosecutors dismissed a murder charge under the plea agreement with 31-year-old Kehuanna Poitra, of Wanblee. Poitra pleaded guilty in October.
• Authorities say Poitra failed to properly care for her infant son and seek necessary medical attention, leading to his death in the summer of 2011.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says the infant was sent home from the hospital, and Poitra was given strict instructions for his care including monitoring, medication and a specialized machine and formula.
• Johnson says she failed to provide the care, which resulted in extreme malnourishment, dehydration and ultimately pneumonia.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Prosecutors in Rapid City have charged a 30-year-old man with manslaughter in a recent shooting death in a motel parking lot.
• Authorities on Monday night surrounded a mobile home and apprehended Charles Birdshead without incident on outstanding warrants. He was initially arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder but prosecutors on Tuesday reduced the charge to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 33-year-old Eustacio Marrufo.
• Marrufo was shot to death Jan. 7 in the parking lot of the South Dakota Rose Inn. Police say he died of a gunshot wound to the chest. Authorities had been seeking Birdshead for about a week for questioning.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is scheduled to be back in his office on Wednesday after spending more than two weeks in a hos

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