Joel Koskan, who ran for SD Senate, pleads guilty to 2 counts of felony incest

[brooklynite]

Argus-Leader

PIERRE — Joel Koskan, who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in 2022 and days before the election was arrested on charges relating to child abuse, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony incest Tuesday morning.

He was sentenced in a Hughes County court room to 10 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary.

"This is the first part of the healing process," Judge Margo Northrup said during the hearing.

Koskan, 44, originally faced felony child abuse charges for acts that allegedly took place between October 2014 and October 2016, according to court documents filed in November. He exposed his victim, a now 20-year-old woman, to "sexual grooming behaviors."

[Hotler]

1. Let me add.....

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(snip) A former Republican state senate candidate will serve ten years in prison for two felony counts of incest.

(snip) Late last year, Koskan pled not guilty to exposing a minor to sexual grooming behaviors.
https://listen.sdpb.org/crime-courts/2023-04-11/koskan-gets-10-years-in-prison-on-incest-charges

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Is someone keeping track of the number of Republicans who were pedophiles and caught?

[Hotler]

9. Yes, see below

https://democraticunderground.com/100217786569

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Bookmarked.

Thank you.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

12. Full list...

Daily Kos: CajsaLilliehook-Republican sexual predators

(There are more than 31 parts now).

[kimbutgar]

2. One again the only pedo's I hear about are usually republicans

M Trailer trash needs to get her facts straight. It’s not Democratic politicians but republican ones who are guilty.

[Fullduplexxx]

3. No mention of which party

Former Republican Senate candidate and family-values espouser Joel Koskan pled guilty today to two counts of felony incest and was immediately sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.

Among the lessons we may draw:Koskan’s adopted American Indian daughter reported Koskan to law enforcement last May, revealing he had raped her for years and had continued forcing himself on her sexually and controlling her in other ways after she left home for college. She found it very difficult to speak about her adoptive father’s crimes against her, because (a) the crimes are unspeakable, and (b) Koskan and his wife Sally pressured her not to stand up for herself, which she said the Koskans referred to as being “disrespectful“

[B.See]

13. It figures, doesn't it?

"Former Republican Senate candidate family-values espouser"...

Right.

[SYFROYH]

4. Without being graphic, what does this mean? exposing a minor to sexual grooming behaviors

Did he show her videos or something?

[haele]

6. Don't ask unless you really want to trigger a bunch of people here.

It's an insidious process that has been around a long time before videos. Exposure =environment in any case.

Haele

[SYFROYH]

7. OK, thank you.

I understant what grooming behavior is, but you're right that the use of exposure seemed odd to me.

[demigoddess]

8. only 10 years??? He should be in jail until his victim dies. let her live a free life.

[keithbvadu2]

10. Republican incest rapist Koskan could run for office again.

He could run for office again.

In the midst of the court proceedings, Koskan, a Republican, lost his 2022 campaign for a seat in the South Dakota Senate. Though his political committee has since been dissolved, he could run again in the future, as the state’s constitution only bars those convicted of “an infamous crime,” such as bribery, from holding office, unless impeached and barred by the state’s Legislature.

https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/south-dakota/former-republican-candidate-joel-koskan-sentenced-to-prison-for-incest