Never was a statement more true than this and in this case:

[JasonDeter]

So much for any pretense that the meek and the powerful stand equally before the same bar of justice.



What a Life Is Worth

Monday, January 26, 2004; Page A18
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47629-2004Jan25.html

LAST MONTH then-Rep. William J. Janklow (R-S.D.) was convicted of second-degree manslaughter for the death in August of a man named Randolph Scott, who had the misfortune to be riding his motorcycle through an intersection when Mr. Janklow ran a stop sign while speeding. Last week South Dakota Circuit Judge Rodney Steele sentenced Mr. Janklow, a former governor with a history of appalling driving, to a mere 100 days in jail. Mr. Janklow will be eligible for daytime release for community service after only 30 days. And he will spend the next three years on probation, during which -- mercifully -- he will not be allowed to drive. Yet, assuming he lives up to the terms of his probation, his felony conviction can then be expunged. So much for any pretense that the meek and the powerful stand equally before the same bar of justice.

The rest of the article is damning to the S Dakota judicial system. In fact it is damning to the American judicial system.

[countmyvote4real]

1. Thanks. I was on a Hamm high until I read your post.

So true. I hope that our candidates are prepared for that zinger in the next round of debates.

[Snappy]

2. Ordinary citizen

Anybody else that didn't have Govt. connections would have gotten at very least 4 years. We live in a real corupt nation and that goes all the way to the top.

[The Zanti Regent]

3. Hey, at least he got 100 days!

Remember that Laura Bush went scot-free!