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Janklow Guilty
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| Diverdogz
Posted on 12/08/2003 3:53:45 PM PST by Diverdogz
Just saw on the news, Janklow Guilty on all counts....
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: janklow
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To: Diverdogz
Finally a jury that knows when someone is guilty of committing a crime.
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:02:39 PM PST
by
Spunky
(This little tag just keeps following me where ever I go.)
To: Pardon Me
Tuesday, January 20th.
To: Diverdogz
From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader:
Janklow Guilty on all counts
Updated: 5:48 p.m.
published: 12/8/2003
FLANDREAU - A Moody County jury has convicted Rep. Bill Janklow of second-degree manslaughter in connection with the August traffic accident that killed a Minnesota motorcyclist.
The jury also found the congressman guilty of three misdemeanors, including reckless driving, speeding and running a stop sign.
The jurors, eight women and four men, deliberated about five hours before returning the guilty verdicts.
Janklow was charged after colliding with Randy Scott, of Hardwick, Minn., at a rural intersection in Moody County on Aug. 16.
Scott died at the scene.
Investigators said the congressman was driving 71 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone when he ran a stop sign and collided with Scott.
Janklow's lawyers said during trial that his reflexes were dulled by low blood sugar as a result of diabetes, which he didn't realize because the symptoms were masked by a hypertension drug.
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:03:12 PM PST
by
ImpBill
("America! ... Where are you now?")
To: Pubbie
I wonder if Thune will run for his old seat.
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:03:13 PM PST
by
byteback
To: martin_fierro
Put a hooligan ping on this!
<|:-)~~
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:03:26 PM PST
by
JoeSixPack1
(POW/MIA Bring 'em Home, Or Send us Back!! Semper Fi)
To: Dog Gone
No special treatment for politicians of any stripe.
AMEN
To: RamingtonStall
I don't know. I suppose the judge will decide sometime this week. I wonder if he will go to a minimum security prison/
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Not a big surprise, is it? What is good about this episode is that the system WORKED. And there aren't a cabal of conservatives defending the guy. Imagine if this were a liberal You mean like the Chappaquidic Kid?
The law in Massachusetts was that any driver in an accident in which someone was killed was automatically charged with manslaughter. Unless you were a Kennedy.
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:04:21 PM PST
by
jackbill
To: Dog Gone
I agree. Even though I shouldn't do it, I keep imagining all the excuses every Democrat would have come up with, if this had been Ted Kennedy or some other lefty.
FLANDREAU, S.D. - In a verdict that could bring an abrupt end to a three-decade political career, a jury convicted Rep. Bill Janklow of manslaughter Monday for a collision that killed a motorcyclist, rejecting the congressman's claim that he was disoriented by a diabetic reaction.
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U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow, R-S.D., walks past television cameras Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003, as he leaves the Moody County Courthouse in Flandreau, S.D. Janklow's manslaughter trial continues Monday with closing arguments from both the procecution and the defense. (AP Photo/Doug Dreyer)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Does he have to step down from his office, now? Or what happens next after he is sentenced? Or can he stay on like Ted Kennedy?
To: Diverdogz
Adios, Bill.
S. Dakotans: Am I right in assuming that Stephanie Herseth will be your next congressperson?
-Dan
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:06:13 PM PST
by
Flux Capacitor
('Cause WE GOT THE BOMBS, O-KAY?!)
To: CounterCounterCulture
To: byteback
Nope, Thune isn't interested in going back to the House.
He seems to be leaning towards a run against Daschle - and the GOP needs the Senate seat much more than the House seat.
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:07:13 PM PST
by
Pubbie
(Go Ross! Go! - Ross "The Boss" Perot In '04!)
Janklow, the state's only congressman, is accused of speeding, running a stop sign, reckless driving and second-degree manslaughter (search) If convicted of manslaughter, a felony, Janklow could face up to 10 years in prison, as well as a House ethics committee investigation.
Under the committee's rules, representatives convicted of a crime that carries two or more years in prison should refrain from voting in the chamber until they are cleared or are re-elected.
The ethics committee could issue a critical report, with no other action required. It could also recommend a House resolution reprimanding him, censuring him or even expelling him. Click
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:07:14 PM PST
by
deport
To: William Creel
Politics1 has a ton of GOP names supposedly intereted in the seat.
Larry Diedrich (R) - State Sen.
Barb Everist (R) - Ex-State Sen.
Ray Hadley (R) - Rapid City Councilman, US Postal Service Employee & USAF Veteran
Gary Hanson (R) - Ex-Sioux Falls Mayor
Mark Mickelson (R) - Attorney & Accountant
Bill Peterson (R) - State House Majority Leader
Larry Pressler (R) - Ex-US Senator, Ex-Congressman, Attorney & Vietnam War Veteran
Larry Russell (R) - Ex-Congressional Aide
John Thune (R) - Ex-Congressman & '02 Nominee
Ron Williamson (R) - State Rep. & Businessman
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:07:28 PM PST
by
Galactic Overlord-In-Chief
(What does it say on the bottom of Coke bottles at DU? It says "Open Other End.")
Comment #38 Removed by Moderator
To: Recovering_Democrat
Imagine if this were a liberalIf this guy was a liberal he wouldn't have been charged in the first place.
Didn't realize the Prosecution and gainfully employed jurists were psychic, able to know his state of mind and physical condition at the time of the accident(MANSLAUGHTER).
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:08:33 PM PST
by
Rome2000
(McCarthy was right!)
To: Diverdogz
- Randy Scott - RIP
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posted on
12/08/2003 4:08:38 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(molon labe)
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