The South Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a six-month suspension of former state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s law license, citing actions he took after a deadly accident with a pedestrian that precipitated his political downfall.

Jason Ravnsborg told a dispatcher he thought he hit a deer on a rural highway when he actually hit pedestrian Joseph Boever. Investigators described him as changing his story in interviews, and state lawmakers impeached Ravnsborg and removed him from office in 2022.

Former South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, who was impeached in 2022, has had his law license suspended for 6 months by the South Dakota Supreme Court.

The former South Dakota attorney general who accidentally killed a man with his vehicle in 2020 will lose his license to practice law in South Dakota for six months under the terms of a ruling released Thursday by the state Supreme Court.

The former South Dakota attorney general who accidentally killed a man with his vehicle in 2020 will lose his license to practice law in South Dakota for six months under

The South Dakota Supreme Court has suspended the law license of former Attorney General Jason Ravsborg for six months. The tribunal, led by Chief Justice Steven Jensen, ruled Ravnsborg committed a number of violations following a fatal crash in 2020 that took the life of Joe Boever of Highmore.