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cpr4life8 OP t1_j4ylrec wrote

Reply to comment by Kairenne in Judges who took kickbacks for sentencing kids to for-profit jails must pay more than $200 million by cpr4life8

The article didn't specify, but it does say that after the scandal was revealed the court threw out 4,000 convictions.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j50lv1k wrote

"On January 9, 2018, federal judge Christopher C. Conner
threw out [former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas judge Mark] Ciavarella's convictions for racketeering, conspiracy to
commit racketeering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering on
appeal. Conner upheld Civarella's contention that his attorneys failed
to raise statute of limitations claims on those charges. He ordered a new trial on those counts, but allowed the honest services fraud convictions to stand.[27]
On January 24, 2020, prosecutors formally notified the court that they
would not seek to retry Ciaverella on these three counts. In response,
Ciavarella's defense attorneys sought a reduction of his prison
sentence, which was rejected."

Michael Conahan was the president judge of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. He was sentenced to serve seventeen-and-a-half years in prison for his part in the "kids for cash" scandal. Due to coronavirus concerns, Conahan was released on a temporary furlough on June 19, 2020, and was last reported to be in home confinement

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cpr4life8 OP t1_j519a5k wrote

But of course...different rules for the well connected....

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IamSauerKraut t1_j51dd3t wrote

Not sure which rules you refer to here, but if it is that the Judicial Conduct Board of SCOPA dropped the ball... absolutely correct. They totally failed to carry out their duties re Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas. That entire courthouse was rank with corruption b/w 2003 and 2008. Not limited to just those 2.

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cpr4life8 OP t1_j51dsyt wrote

I'm referring to the rules of society in general. The wealthy and/or well connected don't face the same consequences we do. Never have, never will.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j51f1vg wrote

Ultimately, these 2 cretins received each received long sentences. One remains incarcerated. What consequences did they avoid?

Should they have been investigated earlier by judicial administrators? Absolutely. But they will forever be known as felons and, if there is a God, each will forever live in poverty and shame.

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