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Judges Crooked Too!!!

Mike

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal

The "kids for cash" scandal unfolded in 2008 over judicial kickbacks at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Two judges, President Judge Mark Ciavarella and Senior Judge Michael Conahan, were accused of accepting money from Robert Mericle, builder of two private, for-profit juvenile facilities, in return for contracting with the facilities and imposing harsh sentences on juveniles brought before their courts to increase the number of inmates in the detention centers.[1][2]

For example, Ciavarella sentenced children to extended stays in juvenile detention for offenses as minimal as mocking a principal on Myspace, trespassing in a vacant building, or shoplifting DVDs from Wal-mart.[3] Ciavarella and Conahan pled guilty on February 13, 2009, pursuant to a plea agreement, to federal charges of honest services fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States (failing to report income to the Internal Revenue Service, known as tax evasion) in connection with receiving $2.6 million in payments from managers at PA Child Care in Pittston Township and its sister company Western PA Child Care in Butler County.[4][5] The plea agreement was later voided by a federal judge, who was dissatisfied with the post-plea conduct of the defendants, and the two judges charged subsequently withdrew their guilty pleas, raising the possibility of a criminal trial
 

iwannabeacowboy

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This one is just a police officer, but hope you don't mind me placing it here as well.
This guy has a great documentary on him, if you like weasels that use badges to make themselves untouchable.

During a 2004 60 Minutes interview, Previte proclaimed, "I had a good work record. Except I was a crook. But most of the [cops] I worked with were crooks … I never learned about crime 'til I went in the police department. I always said that I really became an adept thief when I went in the Philadelphia Police Department. It was a nice life...And plus, I had the badge. I couldn't get any trouble...".[1][2] According to 60 Minutes, while a member of the Police Department, he "learned how to shake down pimps and drug dealers and collect payoffs from bookmakers and mobsters -- pocketing thousands of dollars a week in addition to his regular paycheck."[1
 

iwannabeacowboy

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Here is one hot off the press. The judge's political persuasion was not mentioned in the article, can you guess what he is?

http://mobile.philly.com/news/?wss=/philly/news&id=277296411
 

Traveler

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iwannabeacowboy said:
Here is one hot off the press. The judge's political persuasion was not mentioned in the article, can you guess what he is?

http://mobile.philly.com/news/?
wss=/philly/news&id=277296411
Libertaian? :lol:

Of course it's the Bundy's we really need to watch. What's their Body Count again?
 
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