People Who Should Be Shot. 2 More.

Judge Mark Ciavarella and Judge Michael Conahan.

A reader relayed these links to me:

CNN
law.com
jdjournal

The gist of the story is that, in return for $2.6M, two judges sentenced young criminals to harsher sentences than probation officers recommended.

Hold on there.

How? Because they were getting paid by the people running the detention facilities. The judges have pleaded guilty and are up against 87 months in prison on plea deals, and the prosecution is looking to get all the kickback money, back.

That is not enough. These people should be hanging in the public square. While one cannot help but notice that they were sending CRIMINALS for punishment, it is still completely unacceptable that the judge gets PAID by the people running the camp to which he sends offenders, in return for extra-long sentences.

"The best remedy for the disposition of a scoundrel is hanging."
-Andrew Jackson

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Note: this is not an argument against elected judges, it is an argument against an uninformed/apathetic electorate. You know, the same way BO is not an argument against elected Presidents.