People vs. Janklow, day one

Suck my dick Timberbitch!!!

 

Does it really matter? He was convicted on all counts, which sets the
bar for furture cases of vehicular manslaughter, and he's forfeited
his seat in Congress, which is more than most people who do what he
did would have to give up. Whether some other felon gets a new
boyfriend is not a high priority for me. In fact, we're probably
better served if some chauffeur gets a job.
R, UB

 

Then I believe you are not exactly suffering from "Total Recall." The Senator
ran a stop sign and T-boned the bike.

 

in the jankow case, I seem to recall the bike hit the car...

I am almost sure that when I read the multitudes of light-on-the-facts
news stories when this first happened that most were quite nonspecific,
but in fact one in their local paper did say that the biker hit the back
quarterpanel of the speeding car while trying to brake hard and avoid the
accident. no question, Janklow ran the stopsign at about 70mph, the biker
had the right-of-way and no stop (55mph through road)

 

Videotape of the car shown on the news last night confirms that. It was
a horrific impact; the Cadillac was crushed on the driver's side from
the rear door back. Impact a few milliseconds sooner would surely have
killed Janklow instantly.

 

Of course it wasn't intentional, but his record indicated that he
recklessly drove that way for many years and likely would have had
significantly more tickets if he hadn't been a politician. Now what
would they say if someone took their gun and shot it towards a major
city every day until he finally killed someone with a bullet. Would
that be an accident? Bottom line is that this prick was an accident
waiting to happen and he showed nothing but total disregard towards
the safety of others and now should pay the full price and losing his
political career isn't even a small fraction of the price that he
should pay for ending the life of another! I hope his victim's family
sues the hell out of him and leaves him without a dime!
Brett
01 Yamaha R1
99 Honda F4 (Track bike)
89 Katana 750

 

So will I but, being the witness to some pretty horrific accidents the
basis for my point stands.

 

**** that lying bastard. Anyone of moral integrity would admit their
wrongdoing. NOT HIM. I doubt he gets one day in jail. Special treatment
for fat rich bastards like him who are politicians.

 

And a few milliseconds later and the biker would have suffered nothing
worse than stained briefs. Independent of fault, the biker had some
really rotten luck.
R, UB

 

Happened to my son. Side impact panel and airbag saved his life. He
was hit in the driver door so hard, that it deployed both front air
bags. '97 Nissan Altima
Mag

 

Otoh, I could be completely wrong, myself!

 

I might tend to agree with you if Janklow didn't have such a long
history of recklessness and complete disregard for his fellow motorists.

 

In the criminal prosecution, his prior speeding offenses were not
permissible evidence, and the prosecution had to win by "beyond a reasonable
doubt" standards. (Call it 95%)

In the upcoming civil lawsuit, the standard of evidence is "the
preponderance of the evidence" (Call is 55%) and the prior statements made
by the Senator about his intentional pattern of speeding and being willing
to pay for the consequences of his speeding will be admissible.

I sincerely doubt the Senator will enjoy much of his retirement. The same
cynacisim that the public has about rich politicians using their attorneys
to get them off from criminal conduct, becomes a bias against them in civil
suits where their wealth and influence sets them up as targets.

So let's see....... anybody complaining about the lawyers who convicted this
guy, or the lawyers who are going to get recompense for the motorcyclist's
family? Maybe a few lawyer jokes here?

 

In Janklow's own words:
"Bill Janklow speeds when he drives – shouldn't, but he does," Janklow
said then. "When he gets the ticket he pays it, but if someone told me I
was going to jail for two days for speeding, my driving habits would
change."

Of course, it apparently never occurred to Janklow that his speeding
might result in something other than a ticket, eh?

barbz

 

Yeah, no kidding. Not only was he killed, he missed the opportunity to
take out his murderer, which would have removed one more asshole driver
from the road.

barbz

 

Oh Christ! ...one of those arrogant jerks that refers to himself in
the third person. Why am I not surprised. You just wanna kick 'em in
the nuts for GP's.

nb

 

Nobody likes a bitchie queen, pal!!!

 

Maybe he was doing his Bob Dole impression.
barbz

 

Eh? Pensions AFAIK are NOT garnished. OJ Simpson lost everything, but
he still keeps the $30k/month pension from his NFL days which is not a
shabby way to retire.

So this Janclown, he will likely lose everything he has, but not the
retirement funds. Unless you can point out something I'm missing here.

 

I fear the worst: that this will become the new pulpit for a renewed
anti-speeding crackdown.

Let's be clear about this, speeding wasn't the cause of the accident nor a
major contributor to the death of the motorcyclist. Janklow's willful
disregard of the stop sign was what caused the accident, not the fact that
he was speeding when he ran it. He could have run the sign at 45mph instead
of 70 and the result would have been the same.