Joe Biden clemency cash for kids judge - Follow the fallout

I was still in shock when I made the first thread. I don't want it in the memory hole so its a do over.

 

Between 2003 and 2008, Conahan and Mark Ciavarella, his codefendant, funneled thousands of children to the PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care for-profit juvenile detention centers in exchange for $2.8 million in kickbacks. According to a 2010 AP report, the money came from PA Child Care contractor Robert Mericle and co-owner and attorney Robert Powell.

The so-called “kids-for-cash” scandal drew national attention in the early 2010s and is seen as one of the most jarring examples of a breach of judicial ethics in the country’s history. The scheme still haunts the victims, their families, and the Luzerne County community.

The scheme was the subject of a 2013 documentary “Kids for Cash,” which both of the judges involved in the scandal participated.

Who is Michael Conahan?

Conahan was the president judge of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. He pleaded guilty in 2011 to racketeering conspiracy charges for pulling funding from the county juvenile detention center and accepting kickbacks to send minors to a for-profit facility instead.

MSN



That was last week.

 

That's the only thing that came up in news that's recent.

 

ICYMI: Senate Democrats Support Biden’s Clemency for Kids-for-Cash Judge