Friends in High Places

"A former Minnesota congressman, convicted in the traffic death of a motorcyclist, shouldn’t have to pay any damages in the case, a U.S. attorney says."

Why, you may ask?

""I find that the individual defendant, William Janklow, was acting within the scope of his employment as a member of the United States Congress at the time,” Heffelfinger wrote."

Yep, it definitely pays to have to criminal friends in high places.

The article “Bill Janklow damages may be paid by U.S."

Via The Agitator.

Posted by on 03/17 at 04:54 AM

  1. Janklow the Criminally Irresponsible needs a good spanking, all right. Another shifting of the burden; with this, Janklow can avoid the mental and financial burden of restitution, making whole that which was damaged (how, when a person has been killed?), by pawning it off on you and I and every other ripe suck in the land. Bad enough statists want to force us to pay to do whatever it is they consider the good—but to be told we must subsidize negligence or outright evil?

    Why should you, or I, or anyone but Janklow himself, be forced to pay for his crimes?

    Posted by damaged justice  on  03/17  at  06:07 AM

  2. What do you expect?

    All his life a guy like Janklow has been told (taught) that there are no ultimate consequences for his actions.

    Are you surprised that he has actually come to believe it?

    I’m not.

    Posted by  on  03/17  at  06:59 AM

  3. Odd—the article says “Minnesota,” when in fact Janklow is a representative from South Dakota.

    Posted by david  on  03/19  at  12:39 PM

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