aug 28, 1980 - A case of defamation is decided, involving Herman Solem, then-warden of the SD State Penitentiary; inmate Dale Louis Clark was stabbed and the press erroneously referred to the assault as homosexual in nature, for which Clark blamed Solem. The case is thrown out on technicality.
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aug 28, 1980
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~ 45 years ago