SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the indictment of a former driver’s license examiner should inspire legislators to make it a state crime to possess pornographic images of real adults created by artificial intelligence.

Mark Charles Rathbun, 67, was a driver’s license examiner for the state in Aberdeen until last week.

Last Thursday, he was charged with solicitation of rape, child pornography possession and unauthorized use of computer systems after an investigation by Jackley’s office. If convicted on all charges, Rathbun could face up to 37 years in prison.

At a press conference Monday in Sioux Falls, Jackley said detectives found imagery of confidential driver’s licensing information on Rathbun’s computer while doing an investigation into suspected child

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