OUT COME ON THINGS IN OUR COURTS

please we need letters sent

 

I would like to thank everyone for your
wonderful support, compassion, kindness,
cards and gifts, you have showed toward
me and my family upon the tragic death of
my husband Terrence “Bull” Prescott Driver.
 We would like for you to know it was
greatly appreciated.  That so many
wonderful friends had come to our aid.
  It makes my family proud to be part
of such a wonderful and distinguished
motorcycle family.  
Thank you, God Bless you and keep you safe.
Please call your local government official
and demand justice
Don’t let this crime go unpunished,
unnoticed and just become a statistic

 District Attorney: Mr. Mark Skeels 
(619) 691-4695
 Victim killed by a drunk driver:
 Terrence “Bull” Prescott Driver
 DA Case No: BAQ 779 
Court Case No: CS 192-107 
                             
Next victim could be you, your husband,
wife, father, mother, son, daughter,
brother, sister or friend!! Please
attend court whenever possible
DTC(SW) Rosa Driver
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2841 Rendova Road
San Diego, CA 92155-5490
COMM (619) 437-2123
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FAX (619) 437-2700
Rosa.Driver@navy.mil 

FLANDREAU, S.D. - Bill Janklow, who dominated South Dakota politics
for three decades as governor and then congressman, was sentenced to
100 days in jail Thursday for an auto accident that killed a
motorcyclist and ended Janklow's career in disgrace.

After 30 days behind bars, Janklow will be allowed to leave jail
during the day for up to 10 hours to perform community service. After
he completes his jail term, he will be on probation for three years,
during which he will not be allowed to drive.

The 64-year-old Republican was found guilty Dec. 8 of second-degree
manslaughter, speeding and running a stop sign for a collision that
killed 55-year-old motorcyclist Randy Scott at a rural intersection
on Aug. 16. Janklow announced his resignation from the House hours
after the verdict.

South Dakota does not require minimum sentences, so Judge Rodney
Steele was free to impose anything from no jail time and no fines to
a total of >more than 11 years behind bars and $11,400 in fines.

The judge fined Janklow $5,000 and ordered him to pay $50 a day for
the cost of his 100 days in jail, for another $5,000. The former
congressman was ordered to report to the county jail in Sioux Falls
on Feb. 7.

During the trial in Janklow's hometown, the jury saw him in tears as
he described his grief over the crash. The defense argued that Janklow,
a diabetic, had not eaten for 18 hours and was suffering a diabetic
reaction that left him confused and disoriented.A prosecutor called
the scenario "goofy" and said Janklow concocted it as an excuse for
going 71 mph in a 55 mph zone in his Cadillac. Janklow was state
attorney general in the 1970s before serving a total
of 16 years as governor and then winning South Dakota's lone House
seat in 2002. Over three decades, Janklow charged ahead with his
vision for the state, winning over voters in heavily conservative
South Dakota with his tough-talking, often abrasive style.
He made South Dakota a major center for credit-card issuers such as
Citibank, saved rail service in most of the state, and used inmates
to wire schools for high-speed Internet access.But he also made many
enemies over his unwillingness to compromise, his insults and attacks
on opponents and his penchant for cutting corners.Janklow made no
secret of his need for speed. He received 12 speeding tickets from
1990 to October 1994. A month later, he was elected to
the third of his four terms as governor and never received another
ticket in the state."Bill Janklow speeds when he drives — shouldn't,
 but he does," Janklow said in a 1999 speech to the Legislature.
"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."Janklow would have been up for re-election next November. His
resignation from Congress became effective Tuesday.A special election
will be held June 1 to pick someone to serve out the remainder of his
 term, giving Democrats an early chance to pick up a seat in the
narrowly divided House. The seat will remain vacant until then.

The Republicans will gather Friday and Saturday to select a candidate.
The Democrats will meet on March 6 and are expected to tap Stephanie
Herseth,
who narrowly lost to Janklow in 2002.
Tom McIntyre
1978 BMW R100/7
"When everything is coming your way,
you're probably in the wrong lane".