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Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash
AP via Yahoo ^
| 2/11/09
| MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARYCLAIRE DALE
Posted on 02/11/2009 2:54:05 PM PST by mgstarr
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To: Integrityrocks
“Im a judge and Im sickened by this. Please dont paint us all with the same brush. I actually care about the youth who come before me.”
My experience, when my son ran afoul once, was pretty positive. I think one of the things I would like to see changed is to remove every temptation from the justice system by taking the collection of fines and fees away and turning it into the general fund. Ohio had to do that in several cases in which small towns existed only due to the police force and judge. (The town only had twelve residents not part of the government).
To: bitterohiogunclinger
This wasn’t about fines and fees, it was about huge kickbacks for incarceration in privately run youth facilities.
To: mgstarr
Particularly in the Peoples Commonwealth of PA. Rendell probably wishes he could do this to every Conservative in the state.
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:56:28 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
To: Nervous Tick
“Ill bet a corrupt judge is *very* popular in prison.”
Not only will he NOT go to prison he will probably get his full pension w/benefits. After all this is PA we are talking about.
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:58:54 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
To: FormerACLUmember
Did you run across any information about what youth homes they were put in (other than Juvenille prisons)? What to see if there are any links with those.
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:59:36 PM PST
by
HollyB
To: rednesss
Wow. Thanks, I just looked that up.
To: Integrityrocks
“Please dont paint us all with the same brush. I actually care about the youth who come before me.”
Sorry. So did those two judges to the tune of what they could make off each child they sentenced.
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posted on
02/11/2009 4:04:53 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
To: Integrityrocks
Various judges I’ve stood before (I’m not a criminal - just property stuff, victim stuff, petty juvenile stuff (traffic tickets)) have all struck me as refreshingly decent.
How could these judges have been so cruel?
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posted on
02/11/2009 4:10:07 PM PST
by
Marie2
(Ora et labora)
To: JSteff
The Feds are handling this. He will go to prison and then some.
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posted on
02/11/2009 4:12:07 PM PST
by
darkangel82
(I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
To: darkangel82
The Feds are corrupt, vindictive and agenda driven.
But they also get it right sometimes.
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posted on
02/11/2009 4:20:28 PM PST
by
mgstarr
("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
To: mgstarr
Yep. This was one of those times.
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posted on
02/11/2009 4:20:55 PM PST
by
darkangel82
(I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
To: mgstarr
Youngsters were brought before judges without a lawyerIsn't that Illegal? I wonder why this went on so long?
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posted on
02/11/2009 5:35:06 PM PST
by
John123
(The US may be going down the drain, but everyone else will drown first...)
To: mgstarr
Uhhhh...how much would it cost for me to sponsor two kids?
Just kidding!
Sort of.
Hypothetically speaking, though.....
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posted on
02/11/2009 5:40:02 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: UCFRoadWarrior
..allow their victims each a few whacks with a baseball bat, perhaps?
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posted on
02/11/2009 5:47:45 PM PST
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: mgstarr
Well, “thanks” to Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan for behaving with our beautiful USA as if it was Palestine or some deeply corrupted third world country.
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posted on
02/11/2009 6:00:13 PM PST
by
Righting
To: Righting
Unfortunately they’re neither the first nor the last and from EITHER party. (D)’s and (R)’s don’t always matter in power and control matters. No guarantee of true philosophy or integrity, just electability.
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posted on
02/11/2009 6:13:25 PM PST
by
mgstarr
("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
To: mgstarr
Suspended Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and decertified Senior Judge Michael T. Conahan plan to plead guilty this Thursday to charges they took $2.6 million in kickbacks from two individuals tied to Pennsylvania Child Care LLC, a company whose juvenile detention centers earned nearly $30 million from county contracts. Court documents outlining the charges against Ciavarella and Conahan said a Luzerne County attorney who was co-owner of Pennsylvania Child Care made payments, and Pennsylvania Child Care was co-owned by Morans law partner Robert J. Powell.
LINK
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posted on
02/11/2009 6:15:35 PM PST
by
Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum!)
To: happinesswithoutpeace
Pretty incredible huh??? You’d think we ran a gulag system like the Soviets.
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posted on
02/11/2009 6:17:36 PM PST
by
rednesss
(Fred Thompson - 2008)
To: JSteff
Not only will he NOT go to prison he will probably get his full pension w/benefits. After all this is PA we are talking about.The plea agreement is heard by a Federal judge tomorrow. Supposedly they are going in for a little over 7 years, most likely in the Big House at Lewisburg (most "white collar" crimimals there are put in the "camp", a very low security section of the prison).
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posted on
02/11/2009 6:20:56 PM PST
by
Born Conservative
(Bohicaville: http://bohicaville.wordpress.com/)
To: mgstarr
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posted on
02/11/2009 6:41:31 PM PST
by
Righting
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