Those good, reliable law-and-order Republicans. Will their hypocrisy stop at nothing?
Keep reading...From the AP:
PIERRE, S.D. -- Former Gov. Bill Janklow pardoned his son-in-law in 2002 for three drunken-driving and marijuana-possession convictions, according to documents unsealed Thursday on orders from South Dakota's highest court.
All together, 218 previously sealed pardons were made public, after the practice of keeping such actions secret was challenged by news organizations. All but four of the pardons were issued by Janklow.
Janklow was elected to Congress in 2002 but resigned last year after being convicted of manslaughter in an auto accident that killed a motorcylist. He served 100 days in jail and was released last week.
Among the records released Thursday was Janklow's 2002 pardon of William Gordon Haugen II, who is married to Janklow's daughter, Shonna. The pardon covered drunken driving convictions in 1983 and in 1997, and a 1993 conviction for marijuana possession.
"I don't talk to the press," Janklow said when reached by telephone at his home.
Calls to Haugen's home were not immediately returned.
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The pardons issue was raised after American Indian activist Russell Means confirmed Janklow had pardoned him for a 1975 felony. It also was learned Janklow pardoned Ron Wheeler, a friend and former top state official, for a drunken driving conviction.
