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The two judges were sentenced to 28 years and 17.5 years in prison, so it is more than just the cost of doing business they ended up facing.
by cortesoft 4y ago
The two judges were sentenced to 28 years and 17.5 years in prison, so it is more than just the cost of doing business they ended up facing.
- kelnos 4y agoI think they were referring to people and companies who owned the private juvenile prisons. Seems like they got away with fines, and those fines were directed toward the companies, not the individuals involved.
- candiodari 4y agoThere were also many people in the "justice apparatus" (ie. the prosecutor, police, a GREAT many social workers of two dozen different organizations, schools, ...) that were intimately involved with this practice. They got away with it because they didn't get paid. But their "duty" is to "protect the interest of the children" (literally from the law). To say they utterly failed their duty is vastly understating what happened. Half a dozen children committed suicide because of them. Frankly, if that happened because of a private citizen ... they would have been dragged before the court on charges of murder and faced decades in prison. If all it takes is one bad actor (e.g. a more-and-more drunk elderly judge) to create this practice for 5 years, which then goes unpunished for another 10 years ... then we've lost all semblance of justice.
- DethNinja 4y agoThese people are very old though, and probably lived a great life with all the money they made. 28 year sentence at age 70+ is not really a huge amount of justice.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoIt's a life sentence. Is there anything harsher short of the death penalty?
- kkirsche 4y agoOf course, life in prison in solitude confinement. And if you went to other parts of the world, well, best not say what can happen
- bryanlarsen 4y agoA judge can't sentence that, and it's generally considered to violate the 8th amendment. So also not in PA.
- kkirsche 4y agoHe didn’t ask if it was legal. He asked what was worse
- cortesoft 4y agoWhat do you suggest we do, then?
- beeboop 4y agoFine the prisons that bribed the judge until they're bankrupt and their owners are bankrupt
- kansface 4y agoIt’s tantamount to life in prison and they have to return their ill gotten gains. There is nothing else to take. This is justice, not retribution.
- TomSwirly 4y agoHow is it "justice" that the prison owners who paid the judges get off with no sentence at all?
- anakaine 4y agoYou are talking about two different parties. One whom has been the su ject of justice, the other who was fined, and arguably this is not justice. My question is around whether there are penalties for those handing out the bribes.
- sebazzz 4y agoAre they really sent to jail, in practice? Black/white or orange suit and all?
- currency 4y agoFrom the article, one is still in jail in Kentucky, and one is at home under house arrest following release due to COVID mitigations. Nothing there about the jail security level.
- cortesoft 4y agoThe sentencing was in 2011, and yes, they went to jail. One is still in, one is on house arrest.