MFlagg

MFlagg

MFlagg

South Dakota

Republican

I agree most with South Dakota congressman Bill Janklow. Bill Janklow is a Republican congressman for South Dakota who served as South Dakota’s attorney general from 1975 to 1979. He also served four terms as governor of South Dakota. He is known for tackling topics such as capital punishment and disabled rights. For more information on Congressman Bill Janklow please visit []

1) Home of Mount Rushmore 2) Has one of the largest Native American populations 3) More than 90% of South Dakota’s land was used as farmland in the late 1900’s 4) A large, uncompleted sculpture of a famous Sioux chief is being carved in the Black Hills 5) Home of the largest underground gold mine
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1) In 2006, possible death sentence for aggravated kidnapping was eliminated 2) Lethal injection is the sole method of capital punishment 3) Death sentence is always decided by Jury, and will otherwise get life sentence without parole 4) 1st degree murder with 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances is the only capital crime 5) Was temporarily abolished in 1915, but was reinstated in 1933 Issue 1 – Inner city gangs __** I believe that gangs are putting America’s youth in a position where they are exposed to drugs, alcohol, and violence. I think that this is causing younger generations to act out against authority in school and in the community. Some solutions to this issue could simply be educating the youth about the dangers of these gangs and putting stronger restrictions on gang activity.
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I believe that the energy costs in America are increasing rapidly in this tough economy, and that everyone should do their part to try and conserve energy as much as possible. Schools could take part in lowering these costs by using more efficient energy sources such as hydro power, wind energy and solar power where these resources are plentiful. In the long run, we will find that these energy sources are very cost efficient.
 * __ Issue 2 – Conserving energy in schools __**

I don’t believe that capital punishment is reasonable for many reasons. For example, if you are frowning upon someone for killing a person, why would you go and kill a person, even if they did commit a serious crime. It’s pure hypocrisy. Also, death penalty costs an average of 3.2 million dollars, where as life sentence only costs $600,000. There is no reason to waste money on ending someone’s life. I believe that if we abolished the death penalty in South Dakota, that we could save plenty of money to spend on things such as education and the environment.
 * __ Issue 3 – Capital punishment __**

The overall goal of this bill is to completely abolish capital punishment in the state of South Dakota. Instead, the bill proposes that convicts will be sentenced to a lifetime in maximum security without possibility of bail or probation. The bill will also send convicts that are currently on death row directly to prison for life. This bill will favor the religious views of citizens who have protested the death penalty in the past and keep criminals out of the community. This bill will save an estimate of 2.6 million dollars in tax payer’s money every year that can be used to fund different causes to help the community such as economy, education, and the environment.
 * __ Information about “The Hypocrisy Bill” __**
 * Click here to veiw my bill:** **HB16**

**__ Sources __**
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 * National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty." //American Government//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 20 May 2010. . **
 * Banks, Cyndi. "Capital Punishment: Overview." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 20 May 2010. . **
 * Banks, Cyndi. "Capital Punishment." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 20 May 2010. . **
 * "Abolishment of Death Penalty." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 20 May 2010. . **
 * Banks, Cyndi. "Legal Punishment in America: Outlook." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 20 May 2010. . **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Stanley, Debra L. "Prisons in America." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 20 May 2010. <http://www.issues.abc-clio.com>. **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Janssen, Volker. "convict labor." //Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 20 May 2010. <http://www.issues.abc-clio.com>. **