Biden’s commutation for Judge in ‘kids for cash’ scandal should anger the entire universe.
Biden’s commutation in ‘kids for cash’ scandal.
BY MICHAEL RUBINKAM
Updated 5:32 PM EST, December 13, 2024
A judge implicated in one of the most notorious judicial scandals in U.S. history—where children were funneled into for-profit jails for financial gain—was included among the 1,500 individuals whose sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden this week.
Biden’s decision to commute Michael Conahan’s 17-year prison sentence has sparked anger among many in northeastern Pennsylvania, including the governor and families of the victims of the disgraced former judge, especially since Conahan had already served the majority of his sentence, which was imposed in 2011.
“I do feel strongly that President Biden got it absolutely wrong and created a lot of pain here in northeastern Pennsylvania,” Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said during an unrelated news conference in Scranton on Friday.
The scandal “affected families in really deep and profound and sad ways,” he added. Conahan “deserves to be behind bars, not walking as a free man.”
Wikipedia – Kids for cash scandal
The kids for cash scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US.[1] In 2008, judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were convicted of accepting money in return for imposing harsh adjudications on juveniles to increase occupancy at a private prison operated by PA Child Care.
Kids for Cash
Kids for Cash is a riveting look behind the notorious scandal that rocked the nation when it first came to light in 2009. Beginning in the wake of the shootings at Columbine, a small town in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania elected a charismatic judge who was hell-bent on keeping kids in line. Under his reign, over 3,000 children were ripped from their families and imprisoned for years for crimes as petty as creating a fake MySpace page.
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Former judges who sent kids to jail for kickbacks must pay more than $200 million
Two former judges in Pennsylvania were implicated in a scandal that involved sending children to for-profit detention facilities in exchange for kickbacks, resulting in a court order for them to pay over 200 million dollars to the countless victims of their actions in what is considered one of the most egregious judicial scandals in the history of the United States..
U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner has ruled in favor of nearly 300 individuals in a protracted civil lawsuit against the judges, awarding them a staggering total of 206 million dollars in damages and stating that these plaintiffs represent the tragic human casualties of an unprecedented scandal.
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Bidens Pardons and Commutations
So far…
Today, Dec 12, 2024 – President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is granting clemency consisting of 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations.
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