Re: Will Bill Janklow (R-Murderer) avoid prison??

Laura Bush-Murderess in our WH <> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 00:35:58 -0600, MHirtes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
> >Gotta love this "Diabetes Defense" his lawyer is pulling from his ass.
> >
> >Even if this walking PIG beats the rap, will he still be allowed to 
> >drive? After all, f he's gonna have more of these little "seizures" of 
> >his, he shouldn't be behind the wheel.
> >
> 
>  I just read an article that says right after the accident janklow
> told the investigating cop that his blood sugar level was OK!!!!!

Some information from the case...

Friend of Victim Cries on the Stand in Janklow Trial
 
Man Was Riding Motorcycles With Victim at Time of Crash 
The Associated Press
Tuesday, December 2, 2003; 1:16 PM 


FLANDREAU, S.D. -- A man who was riding motorcycles with a friend
killed in a crash involving Rep. Bill Janklow cried on the witness
stand Tuesday as he told jurors about seeing his friend's lifeless
body.

  
 
"I kneeled down to see if he had a pulse and he didn't," Terry Johnson
of Luverne, Minn., said as he was shown photos of the body.

Janklow, 64, is charged with second-degree manslaughter, speeding,
running a stop sign and reckless driving for his role in the Aug. 16
collision. Prosecutors say Janklow sped through the stop sign in a
Cadillac and collided with a motorcycle, killing Randy Scott,
Hardwick, Minn.

Another prosecution witness, Monica Collins, of Pipestone, Minn.,
testified that a car matching Janklow's passed her car "like she was
standing still" just a few miles before she came upon the accident.

"It was very sudden. Zoom, and it was gone," said Collins, who
estimated her speed at 55 to 60 mph. "All I know is he was going a lot
faster than I was going."

Janklow's lawyer, Ed Evans, told the jury Monday that his client
suffered a diabetic reaction and did not see the stop sign.

Another witness, Michael Jenkins, said an aide traveling with Janklow
asked him for candy after the accident and told him Janklow was
diabetic.

But deputy prosecutor Roger Ellyson said the evidence will show
Janklow knowingly sped when he went through the stop sign. The aide
with Janklow said there was no indication the congressman was
suffering from a diabetic reaction, according to Ellyson.

"Randy Scott was killed that Saturday afternoon as the result of Bill
Janklow blowing through that blind intersection at approximately 71
mph," Ellyson told jurors in opening statements. "All because of the
reckless disregard. All because of that important person driving that
important-looking Cadillac."

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

The trial threatens to derail the career of a man who is one of South
Dakota's most powerful political figures. The blunt, tough-talking
Republican served as attorney general for four years in the 1970s and
another 16 years as governor before being elected to South Dakota's
lone House seat last year.