PA Judge sentenced to 28 years for selling children to prisons

[furie]

Mark Ciavarella Jr, a 61-year old former judge in Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for literally selling young juveniles for cash. He was convicted of accepting money in exchange for incarcerating thousands of adults and children into a prison facility owned by a developer who was paying him under the table. The kickbacks amounted to more than $1 million. (http://blog.blacknews.com/2013/05/judge-mark-ciavarella-sentenced-selling-kids-prison-system101.html#.UZWxs4KF4wJ)

[spoon]

i and my family know this guy and his family very well

my father NEVER liked the guy and often called him an arrogant prick and stated something was wrong with him...well let's just say this asshole deserves even worse than what he got

[Dude!]

wow...too bad the spoons
stood idly by while their
friend sent those poor kids away

[spoon]

Why yes, great point...or idiotic. I'll leave it up to the indivual to feel out more dude specials. Funny how "know" got translated by an idiot.

[KnoxHarrington]

The development of a for-profit prison industry is really one of the biggest threats to our freedom that no one seems to say anything about. Instead, you get morons screaming about how Obama's taking their gun and continuing to vote in politicians who make more and more offenses punishable by jail time in prisons run for profit. It's fucking disgusting.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

This is a reason why private companies working with government on any level can be a toxic combination

[A.J.]

Didn't want to do it.....felt he owed it to them.

[Syd]

The development of a for-profit prison industry is really one of the biggest threats to our freedom that no one seems to say anything about. Instead, you get morons screaming about how Obama's taking their gun and continuing to vote in politicians who make more and more offenses punishable by jail time in prisons run for profit. It's fucking disgusting.

http://i.imgur.com/mtNDxxc.png

[spoon]

The development of a for-profit prison industry is really one of the biggest threats to our freedom that no one seems to say anything about. Instead, you get morons screaming about how Obama's taking their gun and continuing to vote in politicians who make more and more offenses punishable by jail time in prisons run for profit. It's fucking disgusting.

agree

[spoon]

This is a reason why private companies working with government on any level can be a toxic combination

so funny a generalization

anything CAN BE BAD or ABUSED

the gov usually can slow things down I agree, but usually helps keep things in order yet of course it can go wrong

private companies alone are much more a problem, but I'm still having trouble seeing the gov's role in this outside of making the mistake of allowing privatization of the prisons and a crooked judge influenced by money.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

so funny a generalization

anything CAN BE BAD or ABUSED

the gov usually can slow things down I agree, but usually helps keep things in order yet of course it can go wrong

private companies alone are much more a problem, but I'm still having trouble seeing the gov's role in this outside of making the mistake of allowing privatization of the prisons and a crooked judge influenced by money.

Sure but when it involves fucking people over with government assistance it makes matters worse.

Private companies can be sued , Private companies can face backlash from consumers , unless they are favorites of government like GM and Goldman Sachs

[ozzie]

Didn't want to do it.....felt he owed it to them.

Nice

http://media.247sports.com/Uploads/Assets/718/711/711718.jpg

[brettmojo]

I loved this episode of SVU.

[A.J.]

I loved this episode of SVU.

Swoosie Kurtz was the judge. I saw it not too long ago.

[PapaBear]

So, are they prosecuting the developer?

Edit. Never mind. He's been convicted, but not sentenced, and has agreed to pay millions to over a thousand kids, and some of their parents. What I find odd, is it appears to be impossible to find a mainstream media source that has anything at all to say about this case. (https://www.google.com/search?q=judge+sentenced+for+selling+kids+to+priso n&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=judge+sentenced+for+selling+kids+to+prison&client=firefox-a&hs=Rvr&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ei=LNeWUbWVK4yu8QSphICoCQ&ved=0CA4Q_AUoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46751780,d.eWU&fp=a677ccc7b9680943&biw=1600&bih=800)

And every source I've seen credits the website Allgov for the story. How can there only be ONE source for a story like this? It's freaking crazy!

[spoon]

So, are they prosecuting the developer?

Edit. Never mind. He's been convicted, but not sentenced, and has agreed to pay millions to over a thousand kids, and some of their parents. What I find odd, is it appears to be impossible to find a mainstream media source that has anything at all to say about this case. (https://www.google.com/search?q=judge+sentenced+for+selling+kids+to+priso n&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=judge+sentenced+for+selling+kids+to+prison&client=firefox-a&hs=Rvr&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ei=LNeWUbWVK4yu8QSphICoCQ&ved=0CA4Q_AUoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46751780,d.eWU&fp=a677ccc7b9680943&biw=1600&bih=800)

And every source I've seen credits the website Allgov for the story. How can there only be ONE source for a story like this? It's freaking crazy!

try the local papers, plenty there

[PapaBear]

try the local papers, plenty there
Not surprising. But seriously... How could all of the major outlets deem this story not interesting?

[spoon]

Not surprising. But seriously... How could all of the major outlets deem this story not interesting?

I'm pretty sure this was covered by 60 minutes or something like it. Not 100%, but I do remember it being a big thing back in PA.