Former S.D. Governor (R) Returns to Courtroom as Lawyer, 1st Since Jail

[Rose Siding]

The last time Bill Janklow appeared before the South Dakota Supreme Court, he asked the justices for the early return of his law license — which he had lost after his conviction of manslaughter for causing a fatal traffic crash.

He got his license back last winter, and on Monday, the former Republican congressman and four-term governor returns to the high court — this time as a practicing lawyer in a child custody case.
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Janklow is one of the attorneys representing a man trying to regain custody of one of his daughters after being found unintentionally negligent in the death of another daughter.

Daniel John Carlson's 14-month-old daughter died of overheating in August 2005 after he forgot to drop her off at her daycare center and left her in his parked car all day with the windows up. He was not charged criminally because he was not intentionally negligent, the local prosecutor concluded.

Carlson's ex-wife, who is American Indian, won primary custody of their other daughter in tribal court, and a state court upheld that ruling, despite her not living on a reservation.

Carlson's attorneys, including Janklow, are appealing the state court ruling. Janklow said Friday he did not want to discuss the case.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216939,00.html

[NOLADEM]

1. How in the hell did that ruling stand?

Since when do tribal courts have ANY jurisdiction for a tribal member living off the Res.

They have no such jurisdiction would be my guess.

[struggle4progress]

2. Janklow got off easy: 100 day sentence with daytime work release

(of a possible eleven year sentence), short suspension of his law license and drivers licence ... for felony manslaughter, reckless driving, speeding ...

[Hawkeye-X]

3. He's a felon. He should have his license revoked

PERMANENTLY! He's a murderer, plain and simple.