Juvenile justice reform may be among the big issues the 2015 South Dakota legislature will deal with.
The 2013 session passed a massive overhaul of the criminal justice system, with the goal of reducing the number of people sent to prison.
Representative Mike Stevens of Yankton says the juvenile justice proposal would fit well into that 2013 reform…
Stevens says there are more issues dealing with juvenile crime…
Stevens, the Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee, says there will be costs involved in any type of reform…
A number of legislators have said they Governor’s office is working on a bill, but details have not yet been released.
