I recently started my second play through, and doing the Hircine quest line for the first time. After talking to the ghost-god-stag Hircine, it sounded like he wanted me to kill Sinding. So, I did the logical thing (not following quest arrows) and went to the jail-cell in Falkreath where I last saw him. Sure enough, there was Sinding, in the watery prison cell, in werewolf form. Couple shots later with my trusty bow, and he was dead.

This apparently is a problem, because after seeing no quest update, I noticed what steps the quest actually wanted me to take, and now, I cannot complete the quest, and am stuck with this ring on my finger.

So, is there anyway to fix the quest issue and complete it? If not, is there some other way to get this cursed ring of my hand?

Thanks.

try the autosave when you entered the jail. it should be before you kill him.

After Sinding gives you the ring he transforms and escapes from the cell, so if he is still there then it must be a glitch so yeah try to load from your previous save.

Yeah, a reload is in order there otherwise your quest will be messed.

On a related note I did this quest on my mage and had a bit of an odd occurance.

Yeah, I already went in and out a couple times trying to find a way into the watery cell, overriding any autosaves. Looks like the quest is totally fubar then. Anyway to remove the ring w/o finishing the quest?

When leaving the jail to go and kill the white stag, if you don't wait for Sinding to transform and escape, he will still be there after you have killed the white stag and talked with Hircine. Also Hircine will not update your map with the cave location. You can kill Sinding in Werewolf form in the jail but cant access him and not skin him as he is just a normal Werewolf. Therefore you would be stuck with the cursed ring forever and the quest would stay unfinished. (PC, PS3) Attempting Levitate to bring the body closer to jail cell, might allow skinning of Sinding. A similar bug has occurred on the 360 in which the spirit of the white stag does not appear after killing it, killing Sinding while he is close to the gate of his cell will still allow you to skin him and finish the quest.
-from the UESP

Do you have a save before you even entered the jail? if so use that save.

if that doesn't work reboot your system, clear the cash and try loading the save again.

Sounds like I may be starting my archer character over again. Thanks for the help all!