Early Life
Janklow was born in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1956 to 1959. He graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1964 with a BS in business administration and earned a law degree there in 1966. After graduation from law school, he was a Legal Services lawyer for six years on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, advancing to direct the program there.
In 1973, he received his first political appointment as the Chief Prosecutor of South Dakota and "quickly earned a reputation as a top trial lawyer".
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