Former congressman not felon in legal sense (Bill Janklow)

[okoboji]

http://siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2005/10/15/news/south_dakota/d3ec65cd01b2808d8625709b001b656b.txt

Former congressman not felon in legal sense

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Although Bill Janklow was found guilty by a jury on Dec. 8. 2003, of second-degree manslaughter for the crash that killed Randy Scott of Hardwick, Minn., the fallen politician technically has not been convicted of a felony.

Essentially placing the jury's guilty verdict on hold, Circuit Judge Rodney Steele issued Janklow a suspended imposition of sentence in January 2004.......

In plain English, an order granting a suspended imposition of sentence means a judge has withheld official declaration of a conviction. There is no conviction on record if a person complies with all conditions specified as punishment by the judge.

State law allows a suspended imposition of sentence only once in a person's lifetime. Anyone previously convicted of a felony cannot receive a suspended imposition.

[jobycom]

1. Well, glad it's a once in a lifetime sentence. So when he kills someone

the next time, they'll have to think of an even more creative way to let him go free.

[bhuddaboy]

2. Did Pickles Get the Same Deal All Those Years Ago?

Are connected Republicans automatically exempted from being found guilty of the crimes they have committed? Just wondering.

[awoke_in_2003]

3. Guilt

is for the little people.