Reply #8: Here's a link on the charges & a link to his "history of speeding." [View All]

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

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

Janklow was driving an estimated 70 to 75 mph when his Cadillac went through a stop sign at a rural intersection, according to a Highway Patrol accident report.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&ncid=533&e=3&u=/ap/20030829/ap_on_go_co/janklow_accident


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PIERRE, S.D. - In 30 years as a prosecutor, governor and now congressman from South Dakota, Bill Janklow has always been in a hurry to get somewhere and do something.

When he was directing the effort to fight a Black Hills forest fire last year, he scared passengers in his sport utility vehicle by speeding down a mountain highway through dense smoke. He complained because the vehicle's computer limited his speed to 99 mph.


Records show he got a dozen speeding tickets in a five-year period in the early 1990s, a time when he held no public office.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/janklow_profile