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Biden's commutation in 'kids for cash' scandal angers some Pennsylvania families
Headline from The Republic
A judge who helped orchestrate one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S.history — a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks — was among the 1,500 people whose sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden this week.
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Biden commuted the sentences of 1,500 people on Thursday, including that of Michael Conahan, a former Pennsylvania judge in Luzerne County for his central role in the scandal.
President Biden has sparked anger among Pennsylvanians after he commuted the sentence of a corrupt judge who was jailed for more than 17 years for taking kickbacks after sending juveniles to for-profit detention facilities.
Corrupt ex-Pennsylvania judge Michael Conahan convicted of funneling juveniles to for-profit detention facilities for $2.1 million kickbacks had his lengthy prison sentence commuted by Biden.
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of a former judge in Northeast Pennsylvania who gained notoriety for a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks. That commutation was part of a larger move from Biden, who commuted sentences for about 1,500 people who were re…
A judge who helped orchestrate one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S.history — a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks — was among the 1,500 people whose sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden this week.
