I'm still alive, I promise. Some news:

SPLIT RULING FOR CONGRESSMAN

A judge ruled that jurors in Representative Bill Janklow's coming trial in the death of a motorcyclist can hear testimony about a close call he had at the same intersection, but not about 3 accidents and 12 speeding tickets. Mr. Janklow, a former governor elected to Congress last year, is charged with manslaughter in the accident near Trent on Aug. 16. His trial is to start on Dec. 1. Judge Rodney Steele said the law did not allow testimony about Mr. Janklow's driving record, but did allow testimony by Jennifer Walters of Trent, who has said that in December 2002, Mr. Janklow nearly hit her family's pickup truck. (AP)
(published 11 November, 2003 in the New York Times)

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