Janklow sentenced to 100 days in jail

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow of South Dakota was sentenced Thursday to 100 days in jail for his conviction on second-degree manslaughter.

The sentence means he will not go to state prison for the conviction in connection to a traffic death, and after 30 days he jail, he will be allowed to leave his cell for up to 10 hours a day, six days a week, to do community service.

He was also fined $5,000 and ordered to repay $50 a day for his incarceration, KSFY-TV reported. Janklow was ordered to report to the Minnehaha County Jail in Sioux Falls on Feb. 7 to begin his sentence.

He was also placed on three years probation.

Janklow was convicted in the Aug. 16 death of motorcyclist Randolph Scott. State police accident investigators said Janklow was driving 71 mph in a 55 mph zone and ran a stop sign before striking Scott's Harley-Davidson at a rural intersection just west of the Minnesota border.

Police records indicate Janklow has received more than a dozen speeding tickets and has been involved in at least eight accidents in South Dakota.