Former S.D. Govenor charged with 2nd degree Manslaughter

[Clay]

FYI...
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/29/janklow.charged.ap/index.html

[lancew]

yahoo has some extra detail too, about possible consequences:

yahoo (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20030829/ap_on_go_co/janklow_accident)

Janklow's kid seems to think this whole thing is no big deal- he came out saying things like "It's not like he was going 100, or was doing anything really bad..." right after the accident.

Anybody want to bet he gets away with it? My money says he plea-bargains down to "failure to yield right-of-way" and doesn't even get any points. :mad

[BradfordBenn]

Chappaquidic seems to have set precedent.

[YB in IN]

Huh?
:confused:

[BradfordBenn]

Kennedy accident at Chappaquiddick marked
Jul 18, 10:05

(Boston-AP) -- Today marks the 24th anniversary of the accident on Martha's Vineyard that affected the political career of Senator Edward Kennedy.

On the night of July 18, 1969, a car driven by Kennedy plunged off a bridge connecting Chappaquiddick Island and Martha's Vineyard. A passenger in the car, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne died in the accident. The two had been attending a party of campaign workers earlier in the evening.

Kennedy created a controversy because he waited 10 hours before reporting the death of Kopechne. Historians have said that incident damaged Kennedy's hopes of winning the presidency.

During the trial, the following took place:

Kennedy stood up, and the court clerk said, "Edward M. Kennedy, on the complaint the court has found you guilty and has sentenced you to serve two months in the House of Correction at Barnstable. Sentence is suspended." Court was adjourned. The proceeding had taken seven minutes.

A congressman kills someone and they do not have to face the same manadatory sentencing rules. In Massachusetts at the time, minimum incarceration would have been two months. Kennedy also had driving blemishes.

It seems to be drawing some parallels.

[BradfordBenn]

Hello All-

Well I am in the process of drafting a letter to my Congressman asking him to censure Jankalow as a result of this indictment and to insure that he is treated fairly under the law. If the law mandates 10 years, then Jankalow should get 10 years.

All should be treated equally under the law.

If anyone is interested, I will be more than happy to share the letter with others.

I know KBasa, why not just post it here? Cause I ain't done writing it yet. Still working on the politically correct way to say boneheaded idiot.:dunno

[beemerron]

[Still working on the politically correct way to say boneheaded idiot.]
How about "self-centered murderer".

[YB in IN]

Thanks for clearing up the Kennedy thing. I knew about that case, but didn't know it by name I suppose. Granted, I'm only 22 so thats like almost ancient history to me.:D

[1969 R90/2 US]

It is not my intent to turn this thread into a conspiracy theory rant, but since Mr. Kennedy was mentioned, some may find this interesting.

I was once privy to a conversation involving a relative of a "constable" on Martha's Vineyard. Apparently, the constable maintained that he and others knew that Ted Kennedy was not in the car when it went into the water.

His story claimed that when Ted Kennedy and a heavily intoxicated Mary Jo Kopechne left the party together, Ted was driving. The infamous bridge was then known to be regularly patrolled by the local constabulary, mostly to keep sightseers and teenagers from bothering the rich locals. Somewhere near the bridge, Ted got out of the car because he did not want to be stopped for DWI (again) nor did he want to be "officially" noted as in the car with a women not his wife. He instructed a drunk Mary Jo to drive ahead and he would meet her later on the other side. It was Mary Jo that drove off the bridge.

Is this true? I do not know and I do not claim that it is true. But if it is true, it explains a lot. If Ted was not in the car when it went into the water, there is no mystery as to how he got out. If he was not in the car, it is not odd that he showed up at back at the cottage some hours later none the worse for wear.

Maybe his real crime was propping a young, drunk female up behind the wheel of a car and then hiding for 8 hours in a panic after he watched her drive off of that bridge.