This is 100% Fucking rediculous....

I don't know who of you all have been following this case, but it's an insult to us all, a slap in the face of motorcyclists as a whole. Injustice at its finest.

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/7772909.htm

Basically the guy has a sickening rap sheet of TONS of speeding charges and accidents. He blows a stop and kills a motorcyclist. Now cause he's a politician he gets a few months in jail and some probation. :x

blows a stop while being in a diabetic state of shock from not eating for 18hrs straight while being a diabetic :x

that was fucking manslaughter and the max fine was 11k and 3 yrs which he only gets 100 days and 10 hrs community service...


Fucking outrage


oh yeah he get's a $50 a day fine in jail for 5k and another fine for 5k

he had 12 speeding tickets from 1990 to 1994... if that happened to any of us we would have lost our liscense for good... not this fucking :joker:

Sounds about right.The justicial system is a complete joke.Its communism.

Quite honestly I think his sentance is way to fukin harsh. If the guy were going 30-40 over the speed limit I could see it but he was going 71 in a 55.... Thjat fukin Judge and the peice of shit DA that nailed him probobly went that fast on the highway on their way to work... Mother fuckers need to fuckin back off, this poor guy is just a victim of politics.... Oh well live by the sword, die by the sword...

2K2, the speed has nothing to do about it really ( i think)... He killed someone out of blatant neglegence :roll:

theres a cruising strip a few blocks away from my house(francis lewis blvd)theres some light to light racing nothing crazy but back in the late 80's this old piece of shit poured motor oil out on the the street and some kid in a convertible mustang 5.0 with the top down came around the turn(sweeper)hit the oil and slammed a tree in the drivers door, I got to witness the paramedics pulling his liveless body out of the car pressed up against the tree..the old fuck went to court and walked..now aint that some shit?

shit happens..and the world keeps turning..
just watch your own asses and make sure it doesnt happen to you..

I dont know man 100 days for speeding. I understand there was an accident and someone died but its not like the guy was doing 120 and ran a light. Now the mother fucker that Stuna was talking about deserved to go to jail....

It really doesnt matter because because the system is fucking bullshit anyway.

see heres the problem... if you haven't been following this case, you're not getting the full story. This guy has dozens upon dozens of moving violations and "at fault" accidents, mostly related to excessive speed and wreckless driving. Hes a senator and got off. If he were one of us on our "racing Motorcycles" we would be doing 11 years. He killed someone. 2nd degree manslaughter. Go back and research the case or if you want i can link you to all the stories cause i have them saved...let me know. you will see why we feel he should get the book tossed at him.

ok.. I can see the light of that now, ty

Yea post up some links I would love to read about it...

If there were some agrivating factors it might make more sense.

ok...this is in order, as news broke of it...(any links shown are where it came from, i don't know if they will still work so im not converting to links)

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/08/17/c...atal/index.html

Trooper: Janklow, at wheel, suffered minor injuries
Sunday, August 17, 2003 Posted: 6:34 PM EDT (2234 GMT)

(CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow was driving a car that struck and killed a man on a motorcycle Saturday, a South Dakota Highway Patrol official said Sunday.

Randolph E. Scott, 53, of Hardwick, Minnesota, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Janklow, a Republican, was elected to the state's only House seat last year after serving four terms as governor. Attempts to contact his offices in Washington and South Dakota were unsuccessful Sunday.

The incident occurred about 4:30 p.m. Saturday at an intersection of two rural county roads about 10 miles south of Janklow's hometown of Flandreau, Highway Patrol Lt. Kevin Joffer said.

Janklow was slightly injured in the crash but did not require medical treatment, Joffer said. He and a staff member accompanying him were questioned at the site.

Highway Patrol Col. Dan Mosteller said the 63-year-old congressman was tested for drugs and alcohol, but "there is no indication either were a factor."

Blood tests are routine in such cases, and results are typically returned within a week, Moody County State's Attorney Bill Ellingson said.

Scott was not wearing a helmet. South Dakota state law requires motorcycle helmets only for riders under 18, Joffer said.

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Janklow's driving record scrutinized after crash
Monday, August 18, 2003 Posted: 7:46 PM EDT (2346 GMT)



Rep. Bill Janklow


PIERRE, South Dakota (AP) -- Rep. Bill Janklow has paid more speeding tickets than many people get in a lifetime: a dozen in a four-year period in the 1990s.

The former South Dakota governor's driving record drew closer attention Monday as authorities investigated a weekend crash in which a Cadillac driven by Janklow collided with a motorcycle, killing the rider.

It was not immediately known if Janklow violated any traffic laws, and the South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating. A crash report was expected to be released in the coming days.

"There have been a lot of calls and inquiries, what's going on, are we doing the things we normally do," said Col. Dan Mosteller, state Highway Patrol superintendent. "We are doing this by the books and doing this one like we would do any other one."

The crash occurred Saturday at an intersection about 25 miles northeast of Sioux Falls that had only a stop sign for Janklow. Randolph Scott, 55, who was driving his motorcycle home from his father-in-law's 80th birthday party, was killed.

Janklow suffered minor injuries but didn't require medical attention, Mosteller said.

Russ Janklow, the congressman's son, said his father "feels absolutely horrible about this. I've never seen him as distraught as I saw him last night."

"Personally, and on behalf of my family, we feel as much anguish for this gentleman and his family and friends as is humanly possible," Janklow said, adding that any more comment at this time would be inappropriate.

The political impact of Janklow's involvement in the accident will depend on what details emerge from the investigation, analysts said Monday.

Janklow has been mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate next year. But most observers have assumed Janklow will seek re-election to the House rather than challenge Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, because the two are friends.

"How much of a liability will remain to be seen," said Bob Burns, head of political science at South Dakota State University. "It's certainly far too early to know with any degree of certainty what any political implications may come out of this."

Janklow's heavy accelerator foot is legendary with state employees who rode with him when he was governor and reporters who tagged along during disasters. Just last summer, two reporters were riding with Janklow when he made a 99 mph mad dash, through heavy smoke, down a mountain highway in the Black Hills during a raging forest fire.

Fleeing the area before the blaze made the most direct escape route inaccessible, Janklow tried to go faster, but the computer in his sport utility vehicle kept the engine from going past 99 mph.

State court records show that Janklow got 12 speeding tickets in 11 South Dakota counties from 1990 to 1994 and paid more than $1,000 in fines. He often drove 15 mph to 20 mph faster than legal speed limits and once got caught going 90 mph in a 65-mph zone.

However, Janklow has not been ticketed for speeding since October 1994, just before he was elected to his third term as governor. He served as governor from 1979-1986 and 1995-2002 before being elected to the state's lone House seat last year.

The court records, dating to 1989, also show he was fined in 1992 for following too closely. Records from previous years are not listed in the computer system.

Janklow got several speeding tickets during his first term as governor. He was warned in 1982 that he was in danger of losing his license after being stopped for going 80 mph in a 55-mph zone in Turner County. Janklow had received a similar warning in 1979 during his first year in office.

Prosecutor: Janklow ran stop sign before deadly crash
Investigation continues
Wednesday, August 20, 2003 Posted: 5:55 AM EDT (0955 GMT)

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SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (AP) -- Rep. Bill Janklow ran a stop sign before his Cadillac collided with a motorcycle at a rural intersection over the weekend, killing the motorcycle rider, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Investigators still have not determined how fast Janklow was driving, said Moody County State's Attorney William Ellingson.

But preliminary reports indicate Janklow went through the intersection without stopping, Ellingson said. He said Janklow's car traveled about 300 feet after impact.

Randolph E. Scott, 55, of Hardwick, Minnesota, died when his motorcycle collided with Janklow's car near Trent, about 25 miles northeast of Sioux Falls. Scott did not have a stop sign at his intersection.

The investigation should be done in the next two to three days, South Dakota Highway Patrol Capt. Jeff Talbot said. The results will then be forwarded to Ellingson, who will determine if charges should be filed, Talbot said.

The most severe potential charge would be vehicular homicide, although alcohol must be a factor for that charge to be brought. There was no evidence of alcohol after the crash, police said.

Second-degree manslaughter is a possible charge if the evidence suggests death was caused by recklessness. Second-degree manslaughter is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Other possible charges include failure to yield, running a traffic signal or other infractions.

Talbot said Janklow's 1995 Cadillac has a black box, which records information such as how fast the car was going and whether the brakes were applied.

"We've recovered that and that's going to be analyzed to see if any information can be derived from that," Talbot said.

Authorities are also talking to five witnesses as they investigate the crash, Talbot said. One of the witnesses is a second motorcyclist who was traveling with Scott.

The crash has led to closer scrutiny of Janklow's spotty driving record. The former four-term South Dakota governor is a notorious speeder, picking up a dozen speeding tickets in a four-year period in the early 1990s.

However, Janklow has not been ticketed for speeding since October 1994, just before he was elected to his third term as governor. He served as governor from 1979-1986 and 1995-2002 before being elected to the state's lone House seat last year.

Janklow also got several speeding tickets during his first term as governor. He was warned in 1982 that he was in danger of losing his license after being stopped for going 80 mph in a 55-mph zone in Turner County. Janklow had received a similar warning in 1979 during his first year in office.

Janklow hurt his right hand and suffered a head injury in Saturday's crash. Chris Braendlin, one of Janklow's staff members, was traveling with him but was not injured, authorities said.

Janklow was on his way home to Brandon after attending an event in Aberdeen to honor Korean War veterans.

Blood was taken from Scott and from Janklow for testing and authorities expected to get results back sometime Tuesday, Talbot said.

Last month, doctors considered double bypass surgery after they found a narrowing of a main artery leading into his heart. But doctors ultimately decided the narrowing was just part of Janklow's natural physical makeup. Instead of surgery, Janklow said he would take some additional medications and try to lose weight.

In 1998 and 1999, he suffered life-threatening health problems and was hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic. He was diagnosed with and treated for diverticulitis, inflammation of the pancreas and diabetes.

Patrol waiting for tests on emergency lights in Janklow crash

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota Highway Patrol is waiting for results of tests that may show whether emergency lights on a car driven by Rep. Bill Janklow were being used at the time of a crash that killed a Minnesota man.

Witness statements have not indicated the emergency lights were on, according to Capt. Jeffrey Talbot of the South Dakota Highway Patrol. But those tests may provide more information, he said.

Charges have not been filed in the Aug. 16 accident that killed Randy Scott of Hardwick, Minn. The accident report showed that Janklow ran a stop sign and was traveling between 70 mph and 75 mph on a 55 mph road.

While he was governor, Janklow asked for emergency lights to be installed in several vehicles he drove, including the one involved in the crash near Trent, a highway patrol official said Monday.

Some of those vehicles were kept at airports across South Dakota so he could have easy access to them, Tom Dravland, director of the state Department of Public Safety, said.

The requests were made verbally and were not in writing, Dravland said.

South Dakota law allows emergency lights in vehicles such as ambulances and those used by fire, police, municipal departments and public- service corporations.

Dravland and Col. Dan Mosteller, the current director of the Highway Patrol, said they interpret the law to include the governor.

Mosteller said the emergency lights should be used to respond to emergency situations.

"I know he responded to many emergency situations, whether it be the Spencer tornado or fires in the Black Hills," Mosteller said.

Investigators should be able to determine whether the lights were on at the time of the collision by examining the bulbs, Casey Perry, chairman of the National Troopers' Association, said.

"An expert can make that determination," he said.

Mosteller said he did not know how long it would take to get the results back. "All those reports will go to the state's attorney," he said.

Dravland said he made a request in May to locate Janklow's vehicles and remove the emergency lights.

"Janklow was not governor anymore, and I didn't feel that he should have the state- owned lights in his vehicle," Dravland, who was appointed by Janklow to head the Highway Patrol, said.

The lights were not taken out of the vehicles immediately when Janklow vacated his role as governor, Dravland said.

"For a bit of time, it was overlooked, to be just flat honest," he said.

Perry said "it is definitely uncommon" for an elected official to have emergency lights in his car.

"I have not heard of any," he said. "In most states, if the governor needs to go to an emergency, the Highway Patrol takes him."

The car Janklow was driving when it collided with Scott's motorcycle was owned by Marc Tobias, a friend of Janklow's.

Tobias said last Thursday that he bought the car in 1999 from a dealership. He said he was not sure when and why emergency lights were installed in the Cadillac.

"I doubt they would have been my idea," he said.

The car was equipped with emergency lights because "Janklow responded to emergencies," he said.

When asked why a car Tobias owned was equipped with items specifically for Janklow's use, Tobias said the former governor drove the car if he was in the eastern part of the state.

"If he needed it, it would be equipped with gear," Tobias said.

When the lights were installed, state officials did not know the car was owned by Tobias, Dravland said.

"I don't think it would have made any difference," he said. "If the governor made the request, we would have done it."

To his knowledge, no other elected politician in the state has a vehicle equipped with emergency lights, Mosteller said. After he took office, Gov. Mike Rounds declined to have lights installed, Mosteller said.

Mark Johnston, Rounds' press secretary, said the governor didn't need the lights because he wasn't going to be the first responder in an emergency.

"He's always very concerned and has, on many occasions, offered whatever resources it takes to handle whatever the situation is," Johnston said. "He relies heavily on the local professionals to do their job."

The only members of Congress allowed to use emergency lights on their vehicles in Washington, D.C., are those with leadership positions, such as the Speaker of the House, a Capitol Police officer said.

In those cases, they are given a vehicle with police equipment, Contricia Ford, Capitol Police officer, said.

South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long said he does not know whether members of Congress have any rights that are different from other citizens in their home states.

From CNN http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/28/...dent/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Ralph Nader and other consumer advocates called on South Dakota congressman William Janklow to resign Thursday after Janklow was involved in a fatal wreck near his hometown earlier this month.

"There is no need to wait for prosecutors or civil suits by the next-of-kin to haul you into South Dakota's courts," Nader wrote in a letter to Janklow, a first-term House Republican and former governor. "You should resign your congressional seat immediately in atonement for what was only going to be a matter of time -- the taking of life by a driver relentlessly bent on turning his vehicle into a lawless, dangerous missile."

Nader wrote that Janklow had been cited several times previously for "excessive speeding and reckless driving," and said that "for years you have spoken, some would say even boasted, about your penchant for driving very fast on public highways."

Janklow, 63, was elected to South Dakota's sole seat in the House of Representatives in 2002 after serving four terms as governor. His office did not immediately respond to Nader's call for his resignation.

Janklow was at the wheel in an August 16 collision with a motorcyclist near the congressman's hometown of Flandreau, South Dakota, the state Highway Patrol said. The motorcyclist -- Randolph E. Scott, 55, of Hardwick, Minnesota -- was pronounced dead at the scene.

No charges have been filed against Janklow in the accident. But an accident report, according to the Associated Press, says that Jankow was driving 20 mph hours over the speed limit.

Nader, the Green Party candidate for president in 2000, said Janklow should face second-degree manslaugher charges.

The letter was co-signed by two of Nader's allies: Joan Claybrook, president of the Nader-founded consumer advocacy group Public Citizen; and Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Nader-affilliated Center for Auto Safety.

Nader wrote that Janklow has acknowledged earlier speeding tickets publicly, and he urged the congressman to give up his driver's license as well as his office.

Nader was author of the 1965 book "Unsafe at Any Speed," accusing General Motors of ignoring safety in its design of automobiles. It led to laws forcing automakers to make safety-based design changes.

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Congressman Charged With Manslaughter
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By CARSON WALKER, Associated Press Writer

FLANDREAU, S.D. - U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter in the death of a motorcyclist in crash at a rural intersection earlier this month.

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Slideshow: Biker Dies in Crash with Congressman

Janklow was driving an estimated 70 to 75 mph when his Cadillac went through a stop sign at the intersection, according to a Highway Patrol report. The motorcycle hit the congressman's car, and the rider, Randolph E. Scott, 55, was killed.

Moody County State's Attorney Bill Ellingson said Friday that the facts of the case establish probable cause for second-degree manslaughter. He also filed three misdemeanor charges: failure to stop at a stop sign, speeding and reckless driving.

Ellingson said he ruled out the stronger charge of vehicular homicide, which requires the driver to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

If convicted of second-degree manslaughter, Janklow could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. A reckless driving conviction carries a maximum sentence of a year in jail and a $1,000 fine, and the other two charges could bring up to 30 days in jail and $200 fines.

Janklow, who is recovering from injuries he sustained in the crash, was not immediately available for comment Friday.

He was on his way home to Brandon after an event in Aberdeen and a stop in Flandreau when his car hit the motorcycle Aug. 16. Janklow broke his right hand and suffered a head injury in the crash.

Janklow, a Republican, is one of South Dakota's most powerful politicians. He was elected to the state's only U.S. House seat last year and previously served 16 years as governor and four years as state attorney general.

FLANDREAU, South Dakota (AP) -- Rep. Bill Janklow was traveling 71 mph in a 55 mph zone when he ran a stop sign and drove into the path of a motorcyclist, a state trooper testified Wednesday at the congressman's manslaughter trial.

Highway Patrol Sgt. Gene Barthel, an accident reconstructionist, used a large map to show jurors the location of roads, stop signs, Janklow's Cadillac, the motorcycle and the body of its rider, Randy Scott.

He said he based his estimate of Janklow's speed on a scientific formula that takes into account the vehicles' weights, paths and positions.

Janklow, 64, a former South Dakota governor and attorney general, is charged with second-degree manslaughter, speeding, running a stop sign and reckless driving in the August 16 collision that killed Scott, 55, of Hardwick, Minnesota.

Janklow has denied he was speeding.

Barthel said Scott was traveling at 59 mph and that neither driver took any evasive action. The east-west road Scott was on did not have stop signs.

The motorcycle hit the back of Janklow's car and Scott's body slammed into the car's trunk before landing in a field, the officer testified. Janklow's car spun around several times before stopping, he said.

The trial threatens to derail the career of a colossal figure in South Dakota politics. Janklow, a Republican, is a former state attorney general who served 16 years as governor during two stints before being elected to the state's only House seat last year.

Defense lawyer Ed Evans acknowledges that Janklow was speeding but said he did not see the stop sign because he had a diabetic reaction that caused him to become disoriented.

On Tuesday, a friend who had been riding another motorcycle ahead of Scott wept on the witness stand. As prosecutor Bill Ellingson showed him a gruesome accident scene photo, Terry Johnson described finding Scott's mangled body lying in a soybean field.

"I kneeled down to see if he had a pulse and he didn't," Johnson said.

The jury also saw a videotape taken by the Highway Patrol just hours after the accident in which Janklow was told Scott's name and birth date. Janklow said something about Scott not even being 60 years old, then asked about his family, paused, sighed and said: "Jesus."

The videotape was taken when Trooper Jeff Lanning drove Janklow to a hospital for a blood-alcohol test. During the ride, Janklow sounded coherent most of the time and was able to recall things, though he did not remember details of the accident. Toward the end of the tape he appeared to be slurring his words.

Janklow told the trooper several times he swerved and sped through the intersection to avoid hitting another vehicle.

"It was a white car," he said. "I thought that's who hit me."

But on the way back to the accident site, Janklow seemed to question whether he had seen the vehicle -- "Maybe I'm dreaming."

Janklow denied exceeding the speed limit.

"I wasn't speeding," Janklow said on the tape. "I wasn't going fast."

If convicted of manslaughter, the maximum punishment is 10 years in prison. It would also prompt the House ethics committee to investigate.

The committee's rules say representatives who plead guilty or are convicted of a crime that carries two or more years in prison should refrain from voting or taking part in committee meetings in the chamber until his or her record is cleared or until re-elected.

LAST ONE... GUILTY CONVICTION....

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.

The jury in Janklow's boyhood hometown deliberated for about five hours before returning the verdict.

Janklow appeared stunned as the verdict was read. He walked steadily out of the courtroom, got in a vehicle driven by his son and left the courthouse. He refused to respond to questions shouted by a horde of reporters.

Janklow, 64, was convicted of second-degree manslaughter, reckless driving, running a stop sign and speeding for the Aug. 16 crash that killed Randy Scott, 55, a farmer from Hardwick, Minn. Prosecutors said Janklow was traveling more than 70 mph in a white Cadillac when he crashed with Scott's Harley-Davidson.

"The state of South Dakota brought charges against a man we believed to be responsible for Randy's death," the victim's mother, Marcella Scott, said in a statement. "We are satisfied that the correct verdict was reached."

Jurors left the courthouse without talking to reporters, and both prosecutor Bill Ellingson and defense attorney Ed Evans refused comment.

Longtime Janklow friend Marc Tobias, who owns the car Janklow was driving Aug. 16, said the verdict is a tragedy for South Dakota "because they had a real congressman who understood the problems."

Janklow could get up to 10 years in prison on the manslaughter charge when he is sentenced Jan. 20.

The House ethics committee will investigate and could recommend a resolution reprimanding Janklow, censuring him or even expelling him, though expulsion is rare. After Ohio Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. was convicted last year of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion, he became only the second House member to be expelled since the Civil War.

The committee will ask Janklow not to vote now that he has been convicted, but it may wait to launch the investigation until after the sentencing, said Rep. Joel Hefley, R-Colo., the chairman of the committee.

Janklow, a Republican, has been a dominating force in South Dakota politics for nearly 30 years. He was the state attorney general for four years in the 1970s before serving 16 years as governor and being elected to the state's lone House seat last year. During his four terms as governor, Janklow won over legions of voters in heavily conservative South Dakota with his tough-talking, maverick style.

His trial created a scenario that once would have seemed unthinkable in this rural state: the enormously powerful Janklow on trial for manslaughter in the farming community where he grew up.

The trial began Dec. 1 with a jury-selection process that revealed Janklow's widespread popularity in Flandreau, a town of about 2,000 people. Several jury candidates knew Janklow and his family, including one who shook hands with the former governor as he left the courtroom.

Once a panel was chosen, jurors witnessed several emotional images during five days of testimony, including Janklow in tears as he described his grief over the crash. A man who was riding motorcycles with Scott cried as he recalled finding the victim's mangled body in a soybean field. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, himself a pillar of South Dakota politics, also took the stand.

The defense argued that Janklow, a diabetic, was suffering the effects of low blood sugar at the time of the crash because he had not eaten for 18 hours. Medical experts told prosecutors it is unusual for anyone to go that long without food — and highly dangerous for a diabetic who takes insulin.

But deputy prosecutor Roger Ellyson called the diabetes defense "goofy," saying Janklow concocted the defense as an excuse for his reckless driving.

Ellyson called Janklow an "unbelievably awful and menacing" driver.

"The defendant's driving is like a deadly game of Russian roulette," Ellyson said in closing arguments. "On August 16, Randy Scott took the bullet."

"He couldn't say, 'I was driving so fast I couldn't stop.' Or he couldn't say, 'I always ignore these rural stop signs.' That would be admitting to manslaughter. He knows the trouble he's in," Ellyson said.

The defense said that Janklow took heart medication on the day of the crash that can mask the symptoms of a diabetic reaction. That is why Janklow did not feel his blood sugar drop before the accident, the defense contended.

Several witnesses said they did not see Janklow eat or drink anything that day, including Daschle, who called the congressman "a very truthful person."

Janklow has long been an unapologetic speeder, as witnessed during a 1999 speech to the Legislature.

"Bill Janklow speeds when he drives — shouldn't, but he does," Janklow said then. "When he gets the ticket he pays it, but if someone told me I was going to jail for two days for speeding, my driving habits would change."

In one notorious instance, two reporters were riding with Janklow when he made a 99-mph mad dash, through heavy smoke, down a mountain highway in the Black Hills to escape a raging forest fire in 2002. Janklow had tried to go faster, but the computer in his sport utility vehicle kept the engine from going past 99 mph.

Janklow received 12 speeding tickets from 1990 to October 1994. He was elected to a third term as governor a month later and never received another ticket in the state.

The jury was not allowed to hear about the tickets, but the prosecution was granted permission to present evidence of a close call at the same intersection where Scott died.

Janklow also said he has wished "a thousand times" that he would have eaten on Aug. 16. He told the prosecutor he does speed when he drives and he has run stop signs but that he would not speed through a blind intersection on purpose.

ok, you wanted it, you got it lol. I know it's alot to read, but you very likely wil change your view if you see what a bastard this guy is. Constant lies, constant getting out of tickets with warnings cause hes a senator, etc. makes me ill to see the slap on the wrist he got.

and here's the link from cnn that I read (http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/22/janklow.sentencing.ap/index.html)


btw, Thanks for all the other info G. I too am disgusted

hahaha I found this on the only other forum I traffic... klr650.net submitted by a guy named Jud

The judge who handed down than sentence is:

Hon. Rodney Steele
Moody County Courthouse
P.O. Box 226
Flandreau, SD 57028-0226

605-688-4621
Fax: 605-688-4838

Excellent, i will add him to the list some others and I will be writing a nice letter to...

Governor M. Michael Rounds : governor@state.sd.us
500 East Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 773-3212
Fax: (605) 773-4711

Dennis Daugaard, Lt. Gov : (no email)
(same address)
Phone: (605) 773-3212

Larry Long, Atty Gen. : atghelp@state.sd.us
(same address)
Phone: (605) 773-3215
Fax: (605) 773-4106

Chris Nelson, Sec'y of State : (no email)
500 E Capitol Ave Ste 204
Pierre, SD 57501-5070
Phone: (605) 773-3537
Fax: (605) 773-6580

If I am reading this right he has not had any speeding tickets since 1994. I still dont see a whole lot there to nail the guy so hard but I was not in the court room... His quote about speeding is what he doeis was bery nice i must say and that tells me that maybe he should be in some trouble.

If I am reading this right he has not had any speeding tickets since 1994. I still dont see a whole lot there to nail the guy so hard but I was not in the court room... His quote about speeding is what he doeis was bery nice i must say and that tells me that maybe he should be in some trouble.

well just because you dont get tickets doesnt meen you arent a speeder... do you find it coincidental that he gets 12 tickets in 4 years then gets elected governer and they stop coming in? If you were a cop you likely wouldn't ticket your governer for speeding either if you clocked him. If you did i'm sure it would just get lost with some puppet string pulling.