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South Dakota lawmakers reject anti-probation-only measure

by Associated Press
| March 4, 2020 3:05 PM

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — An unusual coalition of South Dakota Democrats and conservative Republicans narrowly rejected a bill Wednesday that would have barred people convicted of low-level drug felonies from receiving probation-only sentences if they refused to cooperate with law enforcement.

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