In our efforts to keep readers up-to-date on the investigation of the killing of Joseph Boever by distracted driver South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, we posted States attorneys looking into killing of Joseph Boever by AG Ravnsborg not talking to Noem last week.
On Tuesday morning, Jonathan Ellis and Joe Sneve reported for the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Gov. Noem supports using grand jury to speed up Jason Ravnsborg investigation:
Gov. Kristi Noem would support using a grand jury to decide whether charges should be filed against Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over the fatal auto accident he was involved in last summer.
Prosecutors have been reviewing evidence in the Sept. 12 accident, in which Ravnsborg struck and killed 55-year-old Joseph Boever on Highway 14 west of Highmore. Noem and others have been critical that no decision has been made by prosecutors about whether Ravnsborg should face criminal charges.
"Gov. Noem would absolutely support empaneling a grand jury if it can help bring a speedy resolution to this case," Noem spokesman Ian Fury said in an email to the Argus Leader. "As the governor has repeatedly said, it is a grave disservice to Mr. Boever’s family that this issue has not been resolved." . . .
Ravnsborg's fate is in the hands of Deputy State's Attorney Emily Sovell, Sovell is also consulting with Beadle County State's Attorney Michael Moore and Pennington County State's Attorney Mark Vargo.
Moore, who said the team is still awaiting cell phone data and biological evidence last week, also said Monday the case isn't ready to present to a grand jury.
"The first thing a prosecutor has to decide is if they have a case they can prosecute," Moore said. . . .
Subscribers can read the rest of the story at the Argus Leader.
Prosecutors may use complaints or grand juries to file charges, but they usually are confident that a grand jury would find probably cause before they convene one. S
Related posts:
- States attorneys looking into killing of Joseph Boever by AG Ravnsborg not talking to Noem
- Rapid City Journal: After 4 months, still no decision on whether AG Ravnsborg will be charged for killing Joseph Boever
- AP: Prosecutors waiting on debris testing in SD Attorney General killing of Joseph Boever
- Governor Kristi Noem takes off her positive pants, given pace of Ravnsborg investigation
Photo: Joseph Boever, left, was killed while walking on the shoulder of a road, while carrying a light, when a distracted Jason Ravnsborg, right, was distracted while driving and his car drifted onto the shoulder where Boever walking.
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