The news this morning is dominated by the court case involving South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, and the traffic accident which cost the life of Joe Boever.
Through his attorney Tim Rensch, Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has reached a plea agreement with the prosecution and has pled “No Contest” to 2 misdemeanor traffic violations, for using a mobile device while driving east of Highmore, and for driving out of his lane. The third charge, of Careless Driving, was dropped by the state.
For these violations, Judge John Brown imposed a sentence of $500 for each of the two counts, plus court costs, as well as imposed investigation fees of $3750 in the matter.
The Judge also remarked that he wanted to impose a duty of making a public service event at or near the day of Boever’s death for the next 5 years, but Ravnsborg’s attorney Rensch contested the legality of this requirement as it extends beyond any potential probation time. The determination on this part of the sentence will be coming later and will be made public as part of Judge Brown’s written decision.
The family of Boever has already signaled their intention to pursue the matter in civil court in a wrongful death lawsuit.
You should not be able to plea no contest in a case like this where you are able to avoid a trial and damming evidence and also not admit fault. Amazed the judge allowed it.
Yeah, the darn legal system getting in the way of justice as perceived by the ignorant/uneducated.
I am neither
*damning
This is exactly how I have said for 10 months how it will end up, Just a typical Traffic Accident. NO ONE deserves to lose their job over.
It is what I have been saying as well since day one. It was a very unfortunate
Accident with no one person to blame. I am glad this is finally settled and Ravnsborg was proven not the determining factor in the death as he was not on his phone, had not been drinking, and was not distracted.
…Ravnsborg just plead no contest to charges that amount to negligence, and that negligence killed a man. And the argument here is that he shouldn’t lose his job as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the State of South Dakota? A lot of piping hot takes on DWC lately.
There was no negligence, not charged and he was not found to be negligent. Why keep spreading lies???
While he had the guts to continue accepting his paycheck he did not have the guts to meet the family.
Well, was he working during this time or not, Jeffy? Pardon me if I don’t take your opinion seriously. Your party is ruining the country, so I don’t really value your thoughts on pretty much anything.
I am not afraid to use my real name “Anonymous”.
LOL
He couldn’t get a day off to show up in court? Wow what a ridiculous argument that he was working.
Fairly telling that the lead attorney for the state will not even show up for his own court appearance to accept his conviction. If there was any question on his state of mind and remorse, this answers it. No more empathy from me.
It shows how low of charges he was charged with that he like anyone else was not required to show up and what face the poor grieving widow who left the guy a year prior or the radical democrat that has attacked many Republicans through the year…I wouldn’t have gone either.
Ah yes. If people get divorced, they must not care about each other anymore. What an insanely simplistic world view.
It is all an act so she can sue civil wise to get money.
she’ll want everything she was going to get in the divorce settlement, which one can assume wasn’t much, and her lawyer will take half of that.
He’s a coward for not showing up. Be a man Jason.
Should he have been there to see radical nut job Democrat Nick Nemec who hates all of us Republicans or the estranged wife who is faking grief for a check?
How is he a coward, it is a misdemeanor 2. No one shows up for that.
Don’t show up for a misdemeanor conviction because of work? Maybe. A misdemeanor that caused the death of a person? It better have been a tee time at Sutton Bay.
I have been trying to comprehend the judge’s idea of an annual public service performance. I am imagining the placement of flowers at the base of the red X and an interpretive dance.
lWhat the heck is that all about?