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Dusty Johnson: “Repeat offenders were getting too many bites at the apple.”

Featuring: Dusty Johnson, Republican | U.S. House, South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District

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Published May 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 09:39

I want to go back to something you said in the previous block there about how the recidivism problem in South Dakota wasn't happening five, 10 years ago. What changed? What happened? Repeat offenders were getting too many bites at the apple. So it is not so much the laws of South Dakota, although those can be improved as well. It's really about consequences. (09:39–09:43)

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Reiterates that repeat offenders in South Dakota are given too many chances.

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