S.D. Court Upholds Janklow's Conviction

[Rose Siding]

PIERRE, S.D. Feb 24, 2005 — The state's highest court on Thursday upheld Bill Janklow's conviction for a 2003 crash that killed a motorcyclist, rejecting the former congressman's argument that there wasn't enough evidence for a guilty verdict.

Ruling unanimously, the South Dakota Supreme Court also found that Janklow had received a fair trial.
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Janklow declined to discuss the ruling Thursday. "I haven't commented on it since this all started, the date of my accident, and I'm not going to start talking about it now," he said.

Janklow, a political power in South Dakota who also served four terms as governor, resigned from the House in January 2004, a month after his conviction.

He completed a 100-day jail sentence but had hoped to use the appeal to clear the felony from his record.

The appeal was heard by five circuit judges after all five Supreme Court justices disqualified themselves from the case because Janklow had appointed four of them and had named the fifth justice earlier as a circuit judge.

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[trotsky]

1. 100 days for killing a man.

Yet countless people spend years in jail for possession of a natural substance.

If that isn't fucked up, I don't know what is.

[Bunny]

2. Too bad they couldn't have overturned his sentence.

And given him 100 years instead of 100 days. :grr:

[oasis]

3. Janklow is a miserble excuse for a human being. He should be charged a fee

for appealing the first court's ruling.

[GodlessBiker]

4. If a regular joe did what he did the sentence would have been much longer.

[denverbill]

5. Way to take 'personal responsibility' there Janklow.

I'm sure it wasn't your fault you went barrelling through a stop sign which you had repeatedly ignored before.

It was some unknown medical condition that caused this lapse.

Perhaps you should never drive again you pos.

[yellowcanine]

6. Hey Janklow - You got 100 days. You should have done 10 years.

Shut up already.

[Democrats_win]

7. Janklow is also part of the Credit Card scam and should be jailed forever.

Charging high interest rates has been illegal for centuries in civilized countries, but because of Janklow hard working Americans who were enticed to make credit card purchases at 8% found themselves paying 35% interest rates.

[Downtown Hound]

8. To say he got off easy is an incredible understatement

Janklow, you should still be in jail.

[Vogon_Glory]

9. They Say Teddy, We Should Say Bill

Every time a right wingie dingie says "Teddy and Chappaquiddick," we should remind them of their very own Republican Bill Janklow.