(From the article): “Twelve of the 19 people granted early release from prison by former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem without a customary review by a state board have since been charged with new crimes. Nine of them have pleaded guilty to one or more of those charges.
During her time in office, Noem issued 27 total commutations. Those clemency orders, which can release a person from prison or shorten their sentence to make them eligible for parole, are typically reviewed by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles before a governor considers them. But with 19 of the commutations she signed, Noem did something no governor had done in roughly two decades since former Gov. Bill Janklow: issue them to inmates who lacked an endorsement from the board.
Since then, the 12 people who have been accused of new crimes have largely faced drug charges. Seven of the charges were felonies. Meanwhile, five of the eight people whose commutations from Noem were screened by the board have since been released. Of those five, one has been charged with a new crime.”
Personal Commentary: The GOP, party of ‘*law and order*’ strikes again, enabling more crimes.
sugarlessdeathbear on
The “tough on crime” party is putting criminals on the streets.
GreenEyesFrenchGirl on
Are you surprised? I’m not surprised.
Is_It_Soup_Season on
I am shocked!
TheTresStateArea on
Republicans soft on crime
Emotional-Channel-42 on
Conservatives love criminals, especially pedophiles
Choppergold on
Asshole convicted of vehicular homicide then gets charged after release with exhibition driving.
Artistic_Half_8301 on
What a spectacular waste of time and money by the Republicans!
cenosillicaphobiac on
Sounds like the Governor must have been a radical leftist soft on crime liberal activist (did I catch all the buzzwords?). That’s the only person that could release someone from jail only to have them commit more crime. Fox “news” told me so.
RadtroDesigns on
As much as i hate noem, sd has a really fucked up drug policy, and nearly all the commutations were for people who caught drug charges in ways that arent legal in other states.
Only in south dakota can you get felony posession for failing a UA. Its called posession by ingestion there and it has been on and off a felony for decades. Its been reclassed to a misdemeanor a few times and bumped back up to a felony a few times.
As shitty as noem is, i dont think the fact that addicts with no support system and a state that is hellbent on creating recidivism for drug offenders did exactly what the state pushes them to do in fucking up and getting high should be looked at as anything other than an indictment of how shitty sd drug policy is.
GuthramNaysayer on
Will she ever be tried?
PM_THE_REAPER on
Let’s not sugar coat this. She is an evil piece of shit and she remains enabled by a narcissistic regime. Pilfering warmongering grifters with no humanity.
Inspectorgadget4250 on
When is it her turn to be charged
BaltimoreBaja on
I’m sure we’ll get wall to wall media coverage about this like we do every time a paroled New York felon gets a traffic ticket
TacoStuffingClub on
Tough on crime has only ever been a political slogan for them. There’s dudes with 10 pages of crimes walking free all over Missouri.
elammcknight on
It is almost like they were true criminals she unleashed to the street
MaverickBuster on
Soft-on-crime Republicans are ruining communities across the country.
MoonieNine on
Use her full name which is Dog Killer Kristy Noem.
BeauShowTV on
So you guys can see why being soft on crime is bad…
foco_runner on
A lot of terrible people moved to South Dakota during Covid she invited the worse of the worse to move here especially law enforcement who could not get hired elsewhere…well until Ice ramped up.
Shoeprincess on
Yeesh that is a testament to stupidity and hate. Like we needed more proof.
IndividualLetter6797 on
I think the word is recidivism
ddiggler2469 on
republicans are soft on crime
VegetableYesterday63 on
Put her in jail.
TeamOverload on
Yes this is what happens after a jury convicts someone of 34 Felonies and the judge just lets him skate and a portion of the population decide that a Pedo Felon should be president unfortunately.
Rare-Philosopher-346 on
They don’t know how their names were placed in front of her? Check her bank account for that time period. I bet they’ll find the answer.
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(From the article): “Twelve of the 19 people granted early release from prison by former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem without a customary review by a state board have since been charged with new crimes. Nine of them have pleaded guilty to one or more of those charges.
During her time in office, Noem issued 27 total commutations. Those clemency orders, which can release a person from prison or shorten their sentence to make them eligible for parole, are typically reviewed by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles before a governor considers them. But with 19 of the commutations she signed, Noem did something no governor had done in roughly two decades since former Gov. Bill Janklow: issue them to inmates who lacked an endorsement from the board.
Since then, the 12 people who have been accused of new crimes have largely faced drug charges. Seven of the charges were felonies. Meanwhile, five of the eight people whose commutations from Noem were screened by the board have since been released. Of those five, one has been charged with a new crime.”
Personal Commentary: The GOP, party of ‘*law and order*’ strikes again, enabling more crimes.
The “tough on crime” party is putting criminals on the streets.
Are you surprised? I’m not surprised.
I am shocked!
Republicans soft on crime
Conservatives love criminals, especially pedophiles
Asshole convicted of vehicular homicide then gets charged after release with exhibition driving.
What a spectacular waste of time and money by the Republicans!
Sounds like the Governor must have been a radical leftist soft on crime liberal activist (did I catch all the buzzwords?). That’s the only person that could release someone from jail only to have them commit more crime. Fox “news” told me so.
As much as i hate noem, sd has a really fucked up drug policy, and nearly all the commutations were for people who caught drug charges in ways that arent legal in other states.
Only in south dakota can you get felony posession for failing a UA. Its called posession by ingestion there and it has been on and off a felony for decades. Its been reclassed to a misdemeanor a few times and bumped back up to a felony a few times.
As shitty as noem is, i dont think the fact that addicts with no support system and a state that is hellbent on creating recidivism for drug offenders did exactly what the state pushes them to do in fucking up and getting high should be looked at as anything other than an indictment of how shitty sd drug policy is.
Will she ever be tried?
Let’s not sugar coat this. She is an evil piece of shit and she remains enabled by a narcissistic regime. Pilfering warmongering grifters with no humanity.
When is it her turn to be charged
I’m sure we’ll get wall to wall media coverage about this like we do every time a paroled New York felon gets a traffic ticket
Tough on crime has only ever been a political slogan for them. There’s dudes with 10 pages of crimes walking free all over Missouri.
It is almost like they were true criminals she unleashed to the street
Soft-on-crime Republicans are ruining communities across the country.
Use her full name which is Dog Killer Kristy Noem.
So you guys can see why being soft on crime is bad…
A lot of terrible people moved to South Dakota during Covid she invited the worse of the worse to move here especially law enforcement who could not get hired elsewhere…well until Ice ramped up.
Yeesh that is a testament to stupidity and hate. Like we needed more proof.
I think the word is recidivism
republicans are soft on crime
Put her in jail.
Yes this is what happens after a jury convicts someone of 34 Felonies and the judge just lets him skate and a portion of the population decide that a Pedo Felon should be president unfortunately.
They don’t know how their names were placed in front of her? Check her bank account for that time period. I bet they’ll find the answer.