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Thursday, January 22, 2004

Short update today, as I'm actually infuriated enough, as opposed to being amused enough to write something.

Today, Bill Janklow, former Representative (Republican) of South Dakota was sentenced for killing Randy Scott while the former was speeding through an intersection. The sentence is one hundred days in a county jail in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. One hundred days for murdering someone. One hundred days for someone who had been stopped (and released without much of a hitch) numerous times for speeding, twice at the very same intersection. One hundred days for a person who once said of those who were serving prison sentences (even those who might actually be wrongfully accused and convicted), "You're a loser. You aren't even good at crime. You got caught."

It's certainly a step in the right direction, making those in power pay for their crimes. A baby step, a one-hundred day sentence for murder step, but a step all the same.

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