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Kenb
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 07:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Bill Janklow (search) was on duty as South Dakota's congressman when his speeding car collided with a motorcycle last summer, meaning federal taxpayers would pay any civil damages arising from the fatal crash, a prosecutor has concluded.

A disgrace.
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Hootowl
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 08:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

How exactly was he "on duty"
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Dullorb
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 08:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

He was testing the speed limit.
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Bomber
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 09:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

shamefull . . . .the entire deal, just embarraessing . . . ..
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Hootowl
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 11:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

If the court finds the state at fault for the actions of one individual, I will be sorely disappointed in our judicial system. How the fuck does an "I'm above the law" asshole like that get elected?
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Country
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 11:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wasn't he drunk? That is such bullshit.
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Newfie_buell
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 11:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Is there a clause in the liability "joint & several" that would make that particular state pay any and all damages in that case????

Bloody jusicial & legal system is really fucked up!!!!!!!!

my apologies for the vulgarity but its just damm upsetting
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Benm2
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 12:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well, he didn't get out as clean as OJ....
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Hootowl
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 12:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Bastard only got 100 days and is actively trying to appeal his way out of even that relatively mild sentence. He even asked to be released from jail while awaiting his appeal.
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Kenb
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 05:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

<rant on>"Government for the people by the people" is just a phrase today, it means nothing. It is more like "Government for the sake of entitleing those who are part of it, and it's lackies(sp)". If you are an agent of the state you can commit many different offenses without consequence, example; Lon Horuchi.</rant on>
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Seanp
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 12:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well, to play the devil's advocate to a certain extent, the one good thing about our system is that we have the power to get these bastards out of office every two or four years. So yeah, they may jack all sorts of things up over their tenure as an elected official, but if it gets too far out of hand, they're out of a job.

I truly believe that the American system of government is the best system of government in history. I've studied history for six years of school, and there are definitely other systems that have great advantages. However, overall, they can't hold a candle to our system.

Now, don't get me wrong, I think this is disgusting, and I'd like to give this guy a piece of my mind, as well as other more combative parts of my body. But it happens at all levels - from small towns of less than 1,000 people all the way up to the United States itself. And one day, all these people that are getting away with murder down here, will get theirs.
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Darthane
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 01:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So he's trying to weasel his way out of it. Come on, did you REALLY expect anything else from this heap of rat shit?

I'd say that this news shakes my faith in ouor judicial system, but I didn't have any.

Like anyone with any sense at all, I'm just hoping that the judicial eye never, EVER notices me for ANY reason WHATSOEVER.
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Kenb
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 08:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Seanp - Thanks for serving our country. You are also absolutely correct about our form of government. The founders were brilliant men and layed a foundation that has prevaled for over 200 years, says something about it's integrity. Unfortunately though we have this thing called the professional politician and they just make a mess of everything.
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Sportsman
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 06:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Has it occoured to anybody else that if the roles were reversed, Randy Scott could have been looking at the death penalty for killing a congressman. At best he would have done real jail time and his family would have been financially ruined. At present,the American judicial/political system serves the people in it very well. I think integrity is the issue as the original rules were written by people that had some.
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