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Office of the Governor
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Pierre, SD57501
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 5, 2008
CONTACT: Mitch Krebs or Roxy Everson at (605) 773-3212
Gov. Rounds issues pardons
PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Mike Rounds has issued the following pardons which were requested through the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles:
| Name | Crime | County | Sentence Date | Sentence |
| Taggart, Todd | DUI | Yankton | December 21, 1999 | One (1) year, Six (6) months Penitentiary |
| Taggart, Todd | Aggravated Assault | Yankton | July 22, 1997 | Five (5) years Penitentiary, fine and costs |
| Nissen (Haiar), Shelly M. | Petty Theft 2nd | Brookings | December 15, 1997 | Ten (10) days jail suspended, fine and costs |
| Foos, Nichole | Simple Assault | Lincoln | July 11, 2001 | Thirty (30) days jail suspended, fine and costs |
| Foos, Nichole | Disorderly Conduct | Lincoln | December 10, 2003 | Thirty (30) days jail suspended, fine and costs |
| Levengood, Kenneth | Unauthorized possession of a controlled substance | Meade | June 3, 2002 | One (1) year Penitentiary |
| Fletcher, Ashley | Petty Theft 2nd | Brookings | December 15, 1997 | Ten (10) days jail suspended, fine and costs |
| Olson (Skartvedt), Jodi L. | Petty Theft 2nd | Brookings | December 15, 1997 | Ten (10) days jail suspended, fine and costs |
| Jacobson, Randall | Rape 2nd Degree | Minnehaha | January 30, 1984 | Five (5) years Penitentiary suspended |
| Wittrock, Wade | Obedience to Police | Minnehaha | January 24, 1995 | Two (2) days jail suspended, fine and costs |
| Jolley, Marty L. | Simple Assault | Brookings | March 15, 1999 | Thirty (30) days jail suspended, fine and costs |
| Walma, Sherry | Disorderly Conduct | Minnehaha | August 4, 2003 | Ten (10) days jail suspended, fine and costs |
| Miranda, Donna | Forgery | Minnehaha | November 14, 1986 | Five (5) years with Three (3) years suspended Penitentiary |
| Thielen, Michael | Rape 3rd Degree/Incest | Brookings | Apri |