Ex-Governor Back Before Court as Attorney

The last time Bill Janklow appeared before the South Dakota Supreme Court was a year ago, when he asked the justices for the early return of his law license, which he had lost after running a stop sign and killing a motorcyclist in 2003.

Today the former Republican congressman and four-term governor returns to the high court -- this time as one of the attorneys representing a man trying to regain custody of a daughter after being found negligent in the death of another daughter.

Janklow was the nation’s longest-serving governor when he was elected to the U.S. House in November 2002. He resigned after being convicted of second-degree manslaughter.