Are they out of jail? The horrible stories about the poor children.

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

I remember when that happened. Children’s lives were ruined. Some children committed suicide. They are probably out of jail by now. They should rot in hell.

What they did is absolutely despicable and I don't believe that there's a monetary penalty or jail sentence that is harsh enough for the lives that they've ruined.

It's unbelievable for profit jails are even still a thing. If there is one thing that needs to be done away as soon as possible it's this.

Wow! Finally! This is what happens when government is “run like a business.” Monkey business at the taxpayers expense.

They let one judge out because of covid.

I couldn’t agree more here. I don’t even have words to describe how awful these worthless creatures are.

If the people who want our government run like a business got their way they would change their mind immediately. The people who actually say this (not you) have never actually thought about what that means.

On the backs of the innocent.... he needs to burn in prison forever.

It's called illegal, organized crime. How many others doing worse yet not caught? Too, too many in high places.

Hm, i remember watching illuminaughti's vid on this. Good

Throw them in a blender full of lemon juice, and then let's all forget they existed and wipe them out of every aspect of the history of humanity forever.

Even 200m isn't enough for all the lives they ruined.

So the judges who have been in prison not working for a decade and have zero money have to pay 200 million? They won’t see anything .

Is it really unbelievable though? Like.... really? :\

I say if he doesn't have COVID right now, throw the bastard back in the can to serve out the entire sentence....in shackles, short chained to an iron ball.

I know they say the wheels of justice move slow but holy shit that's slow. Wasn't this like 30 years ago?

>They let one of the criminals out because of covid.

He is not deserving of being called "judge."

"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

They did not go in poor. They got paid for their part in the scheme. Time to make them disgorge their assets and to live on meager social security benefits.

No.

Pennsylvania's Judicial Conduct Board received four complaints about Michael Conahan between 2004

Yeah not quite 30 years but not speedy either.

Wonder what happened to management that ran those facilities

Im pretty sure their assets were eaten up by the years of legal fees and appeals. Lawyers aren’t cheap at this level. Their wives had to live off of something or took whatever was left in a divorce. Maybe I’m wrong but all this is is a headline. Might as well have said 200 googolplex dollars.

Just start seizing all the assets of family members until it's paid off, just like they do to people who get arrested for dealing

It remains a win for those who filed the civil suit. Also applies to future earnings. Wives, or ex-wives, whichever, will have to adjust.

Forfeiture laws have changed.

The land of for-profit everything!

If it can't be monetized, it's not valid. 😎👍

There's a park canvassing joke here but I'll spare both of us a re-hash, lol. Turns out if we motivate people to make a profit they will do anything to make a profit!

I think we can make an exception here

I'm more concerned about the slow-walk the Disciplinary Board took in revoking the law licenses of the Conahan and Ciavarella. They were indicted in January 2009. Both were removed from any judicial activities a week or so later.

Although convicted in 2011, the SCOPA did not disbar Ciavarella until late 2019. He was only temporarily suspended in 2012. Typically, an attorney convicted of DUI will lose the license in less than a year after conviction. Ciavarella was allowed to resign - with no mention of the conviction in the Order! - upon submission in August of 2019. The delay appears to be the result of his numerous appeals of the conviction. https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/disciplinary-board/2019/no-1843-disciplinary-docket-no-3.html

Conahan resigned from full-time duties in Jan 2008, thereafter becoming a senior judge (essentially part-time). He initially plead guilty to the indictment, withdrew the plea, only to later again plea guilty. He was sentenced in September 2011 to a country club facility in Florida.

The criminal cases were based on the corrupt acts of Conahan and Ciavarella during the 2003 to 2008 time period. Because of Ciavarella's playing of the system (guilty plea early withdrawn later, then trial, then numerous appeals over the course of nearly a decade), the civil cases were hampered, indeed stalled due to the uncertainty in Ciaveralla's case. Most of his convictions were tossed.

A long slog of a mess, to be sure, but the delayed outcomes are exactly as they should be. No one will miss those 2 once they are gone.

One interesting thing about the case pertains to retaining parts of the files of the juveniles affected. With the conclusion of the civil cases, I hope these files become shredded into dust. https://web.archive.org/web/20110531135345/http://www.aopc.org/OpPosting/Supreme/out/81mm2008FinalReport.pdf (2nd full para on p. 3)

The more you know about this the worse it gets. Disgusting.

They should pay by going to jail. Ya know, for kickbacks.

They should get the death penalty

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

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That's why no one is really in a hurry to help the poor and/or homeless. There's no money in it.

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.

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.

They should have been sentenced to life. No parole.

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.

This. This is what I'm referring to. You think some dude busted for weed would get this kind of treatment? I'm not asking for anything extra-judicial. I'm just asking for people, regardless of wealth or connections, to face the same justice system. https://www.reddit.com/r/Pennsylvania/comments/10fq1pb/judges_who_took_kickbacks_for_sentencing_kids_to/j50lv1k?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

Had a friend lose 2 years of his childhood to this shit, over chewing tobacco on school grounds. He was with murderers, gangbangers; they were all treated the same, even breathe sideways and youll be concussed for the next 2 weeks.

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And what did the for profit prisons pay? Just curious.

They'll move it offshore and declare bankruptcy. They wont pay shit, and whichever judge buddy is running it will nod and approve.

Yet you couldn't help but dredge it up. 😏

Joking aside: Yep yep. That's one of many reasons I believe the stuff I believe.

I’m so sorry for your friend.

Home confinement!?

That’s ludicrous… the streets demand justice!

Let the streets runneth with the blood of justice!