Under the proposed pilot, a single judge or possibly a panel would have provided a verdict in certain rape cases rather than ... Witnesses and Justice Reform Bill. But Solicitor General Ruth ...

anti-abortion groups said South Dakota’s laws may need to be changed — a possible reference to the lack of exceptions for the mother’s health and for instances of rape and incest — but ...

Lawyers and judges said the plan, part of a new justice reform bill, first proposed in April 2023, could breach human rights laws and had threatened a boycott. All rape and attempted rape trials ...