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pulling the trigger. He was sentenced to life in prison.
• Stanley County State's Attorney Tom P. Maher noted that Springer's request to the court, written before he had a lawyer, asked that his sentence be converted from 261 years to life in prison. Maher said Springer apparently sought to make his case fit under last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said juveniles cannot be given mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole.
• Maher said the Supreme Court ruling does not apply to Springer's case because he did not receive a mandatory life sentence.
• The prosecutor said Springer's 261-year prison sentence is legal and fit his crime.
• "This is a case of a robbery, kidnapping and the death of a taxicab driver who was shot alongside his cab, pleading for his life," Maher said.
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No foul play suspected with found human remains
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The Pennington County Sheriff's Office says no foul play is suspected in the discovery of badly decomposed human remains northwest of Pactola Reservoir near Kelly Gulch.
• The remains had been spotted by an ATV driver on Tuesday, but searchers could not find the exact location that night. Crews returned on Wednesday morning and found the remains.
• The sheriff's office said Friday that an autopsy found no signs of trauma but could not determine a cause of death.
• Other evidence on scene led investigators to contact authorities in Seattle related to a person missing since June 2012. Dental records are being examined.
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Disaster declaration approved for 5 SD counties
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard says five South Dakota counties, including the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, will receive federal financial help to recover from severe weather in late May.
• The system produced a tornado, severe storms and flooding in Corson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Union and Bennett counties.
• President Barack Obama signed a Presidential Disaster Declaration on Friday.
• Preliminary estimates show at least $1.4 million in damages to public and private nonprofit property. Costs included debris removal, repairs to roads, bridges and culverts and tornado damage to tribal homes in the Bennett County community of Allen on Pine Ridge.
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