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Victims of ‘kids-for-cash’ judge outraged by Biden clemency: ‘What about all of us?’

Michael Conahan was convicted of accepting $2.8m for jailing more than 2,300 children, some as young as eight

The Guardian - US · Dec 14, 2024

Fury after Biden grants clemency to ‘kids-for-cash’ judge and city coffer embezzler

One clemency recipient got paid to send kids to prison, the other stole a staggering amount of money from her community

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2024

Biden's commutation in 'kids for cash' scandal angers some Pennsylvania families

A judge who helped orchestrate a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks was among the 1,500 people whose sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden this week

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2024

Kids-for-cash judges ordered to pay more than $200M

Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks have been ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of children who fell victim to their crimes

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022