Judge sentenced to jail after conspiring with private prisons to trade kids for cash.

[intruder]

Bu-bu-but shyt likee this only happens in the South

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Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. has been sentenced to almost three decades in jail after conspiring with private prisons to trade kids for cash.

by Emily Smith
Intellihub.com
May 22, 2013

In the private prison industry, longer sentences earn more money from the state.

Since 2003, Ciavarella received millions of dollars in bribes for condemning minors to maximum prison sentences. In one case, Ciavarella sentenced a 10-year-old to two years in a detention facility for accidentally bottoming out his mother’s car.

According to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, over 5,000 young men and women were unjustly sentenced to prison and denied their constitutional rights. Many of them have now been released and cleared of their charges.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned some 4,000 convictions issued by him between 2003 and 2008, claiming he violated the constitutional rights of the juveniles – including the right to legal counsel and the right to intelligently enter a plea. Some of the juveniles he sentenced were as young as 10-years old.

Ciavarella was convicted of 12 counts, including racketeering, money laundering, mail fraud and tax evasion. He was also ordered to repay $1.2 million in restitution.

His “kids for cash” program has revealed that corruption is indeed within the prison system, mostly driven by the growth in private prisons seeking profits by any means necessary.

Ciavarella, known for his harsh and autocratic courtroom manner, was convicted of racketeering, money laundering, mail fraud, and tax evasion. He was ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution.

“Unfortunately, two judges in Luzerne County have caused unimaginable taint to the laudable efforts of many dedicated individuals,” Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille said, “conduct for which those two judges presently are paying dearly,”

Ciaveralla’s attorneys requested a reasonable sentencing, arguing that the media attention brought to the case was punishment enough: “He will forever be unjustly branded as the `Kids for Cash’ judge.”

Pennsylvania judge Michael Conahan was accused as a co-conspirator, but pleaded guilty on the charge. Since 2003, he collected more than $2 million from PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care detention centers.

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

Pennsylvania is the most racist upnorth state in the country

 

[PaperEnterprise]

I hope these two die miserable deaths.

 

[ugksam]

he'll get 6 months probation

 

[Da Jungles]

Who thinks shyt like this only happens in the south?

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Ummm Why The fukk Is My Name Tagged Into This Thread?

 

[yo moms]

This happens every day though. Black man gets 10 years for a bit of weed, white man gets slap on the wrist.

 

[Turbulent]

hope he lives a very long and miserable life.

 

[NotaPAWG]

1 of many judges.. he was just unlucky enough to get caught

 

[Why-Fi]

canning 10 year olds? thats some evil shyt

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

This happens every day though. Black man gets 10 years for a bit of weed, white man gets slap on the wrist.

Okay, for once can we not make this about black people and actually look at the bigger picture?


This is what I was talking about with that self pity bullshyt.

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

On the other hand how is a 10 year old getting 2 years? Who even prosecutes a 10 year old? Just whoop their ass.

 

[cleanface coney]

Okay, for once can we not make this about black people and actually look at the bigger picture?


This is what I was talking about with that self pity bullshyt.

dis shyt modern day slavery you better get wit the times

real shyt like dis goin on everywhere dont be a fool

read Michelle Alexander book about the prison industry and the shyt they doin

 

[yo moms]

Okay, for once can we not make this about black people and actually look at the bigger picture?


This is what I was talking about with that self pity bullshyt.

Black people get longer sentences every day b.

 

[kingstl]

what does it mean to "bottom out a car"?