[Graybeard58]

I don't understand this part of the article:

All five Supreme Court justices disqualified themselves from the case because Janklow had appointed four of them while he was governor and had named a fifth justice earlier as a circuit judge.

It looks as if ALL members of the court disqualified themselves. If so how did the supreme court rule on his appeal? What am I missing?

Thanks.

[The Great RJ]

With the members of the Supreme Court excusing themselves a panel of circuit court judges was set up to hear the case in lieu of the regular Supreme Court.

Note this is Janklow's SECOND apppeal to the Supreme Court to overturn his conviction for technical reasons. A similar panel of appointed judges heard and rejected the first appeal.

He was convicted of manslaughter and served only 100 days in jail. According to jail sources he spent most of his 100 days on his cell phone and reading and refused to do any outside commnuity service. After a 3 year probation his felony conviction will be removed from his record!