Janklow'srecord is clean after probation

[Thor_MN]

http://www.startribune.com/484/story/950766.html

As of today, he can get behind the wheel again, and no conviction will appear on his record.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Former Rep. Bill Janklow will emerge from his manslaughter probation today with a clean record, more than three years after he sped through a stop sign in a Cadillac and killed a motorcyclist from Minnesota.

Janklow, 67, already has regained his law license and now can get behind the wheel again, having obeyed all conditions of his release, his probation officer said. His record will be cleared because Circuit Judge Rodney Steele, now retired, issued Janklow a suspended imposition of sentence in 2004 -- a one-time-only pass for a person found guilty of a felony.

Kill a man and if you are a republican, 100 days in jail, a $5000 fine, and behaving for three years gets you are absolved of all guilt...

[frogbison]

1. One nation, under God,

with liberty and justice for all - especially if you are a Republican.

[Solo_in_MD]

6. Have to believe that any pol in a similar situation would have gotten the same deal

I am rider, and this really sucks

[northofdenali]

7. Amen, Solo -

I ride too, and everyone I know who rides thinks this bastard should have been given a far longer sentence, and NEVER get his license back.

But he's a wealthy Repuke. What did we expect?

[hlthe2b]

2. Not to mention having committed rape on a SD reservation....

(which he dares not ever set food on, for fear of prosecution)...:mad:

[catgirl]

10. What happened on the Reservation?

[hlthe2b]

12. Most remaining links are from Native American Websites....

(This article dates to his years as governor)
William "Wild Bill" Janklow is the current governor of South Dakota. In 1955, at the age of 16, he was convicted of the sexual assault of a 17-year old woman. As a juvenile offense, this conviction carried little weight under U.S. law.

However, in 1966, while working as the tribal attorney for the Rosebud Sioux, Janklow--aged 27--was accused of raping his children's 15-year-old babysitter, Jancita Eagle Deer. Adult sexual offenses being more grave than this earlier recorded exploit, Janklow used his capacity as head of reservation legal services to stave off the (illegible) of formal, federal charges. He then resigned his position and left tribal jurisdiction.

Having progressed through the "mainstream" South Dakota legal system during the intervening seven years, Janklow achieved status as the state's Deputy Attorney General by the time of the 1973 American Indian Movement (AIM) occupation of Wounded Knee. Opting to run for Attorney General the following year, he undertook a campaign of hardline prosecutorial assault upon AIM members designed to win him the advantage of local headlines and support of South Dakota's virulently anti-Indian white citizenry.

AIM countered this offensive when organization member Douglass Durham discovered the old Rosebud rape files. AIM leader Dennis Banks secured the filing of charges and brought the case before tribal judge Mario Gonzales. Durham, meanwhile, had located Jancita Eagle Deer in Iowa, where she had resided since dropping out of high school shortly after the 1966 incident.

Durham was able to persuade Eagle Deer to return to the Rosebud in order to testify at the upcoming trial: Janklow refused to enter tribal jurisdiction either to stand trial or even to answer questions concerning the charges. Gonzales then issued a warrant for the arrest of the South Dakota Deputy Attorney General on charges of rape and obstruction of justice. Durham and Eagle Deer apparently became lovers; in any event she became his traveling companion. And, South Dakota being South Dakota, Janklow won his election by a landslide.
--more--
http://www.dlncoalition.org/dln_issues/strangecaseofjanklow.htm


A libel suit against Newsweek magazine for printing these charges is discussed here:
In another reversal for the press last week, a federal appeals panel in St. Louis overturned a judge's decision and reinstated a $10 million libel suit by South Dakota Governor William Janklow against Newsweek magazine. In a February 1983 article, Newsweek--which is owned by the Washington Post Co.--recounted Indian Activist Dennis Banks' charge that Janklow had raped a 15-year-old girl, and reported that federal authorities had found insufficient evidence to prosecute. Janklow argued that the article then falsely implied he had prosecuted Banks on riot and assault charges in reprisal for the rape accusation. A federal judge in South Dakota had ruled that any such implication would be an expression of opinion protected by the Constitution, but the appeals court said that it was a factual assertion that could be considered libelous.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966859-2,00.html

Janklow also tried to sue the author, Peter Matthiessen for discussing in his epic, "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" (a great book, btw). Dan Rather ran with this story.

(Hot Springs, SD) South Dakota Governor William Janklow's efforts to prevent bookseller Donna Dyer from selling Peter Matthiessen's "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" due to book's discussion of past chgs. against him for rape, public nudity and drunk driving examined; chgs. recalled dismissed by investigators. Public's support for Janklow's suit against author and publisher but opposition to his attack on booksellers examined. Janklow's efforts noted spurring sales of "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse"; economy impact on Dyer of legal expenses cited.
REPORTER: Meredith Vieira
http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1983-6/1983-06-13-CBS-16.html




THis history is still well known in SD and throughout the mountain west....I personally believe it underscores the Native American predjudice that remains strong in SD...

[catgirl]

13. Wow

A convicted sex offender in public office. I'm
surprised this didn't come out after he killed
the motorcyclist. What a scum bag. Thanks for
the info.

If he does run again, I'm sure it will come out
then. At least I'll try to get it out there!

[depakid]

3. "if you are a republican"

That will change.

[krispos42]

4. Shoulda spent a decade in prison

Gross, gross negligence. The whole thing could have been avoided a couple of different ways, at least.

Asshole.

[oasis]

5. Janklow shows no remorse. He's pathetic. (eom)

[booksenkatz]

8. Laura Bush's record is even cleaner

She was never even investigated, let alone jailed.;)

Do Republican killers always just walk away?

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Too bad they didn't bust him for pot too

Then he would have been jailed for much longer and never gotten his record cleared.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. We were in Sturgos the August after he killed this guy

Saw a bumper sticker -

SEND JANKLOW TO STURGIS