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<p>Sorry, but I think these guys need one.</p>
<p>and apologies on the mis-spell, I can spell, but swear the keyboard puts in random characters all the time.
P.E.N.N.S.Y.L.V.A.N.I.A</p>
<p>I wish we did. I know tons of kids who were sent away by Judge Ciavarella even though it was their first offense. Finally, political corruption in northeastern PA is getting some attention.</p>
<p>This is mind-boggling.</p>
<p>How can they possibly say that the payments are unrelated? What reason would this private prison have to pay judges millions of dollars otherwise?</p>
<p>So much for the virtues of privatization…</p>
<p>More Democratic Party culture of corruption. The owner of the private detention services paying the bribes is the son of a former state Supreme Court justice and the brother of the county Attorney in the Wilkes-Barre area.</p>
<p>Wait 'til you see what’s about to explode for Democrat John Murtha of Pennsylvania and his buddy Democrat Peter Visclosky. The FBI has raided the lobbying firm set up by former key staffers of these two. The lobbying firm has routed huge campaign contributions to them (from allleged employees of the firm who turn out to have never given money, heard of the firm, or know how their names and addresses were used). $93 million in defense contracting earmarks have been awarded by two fine upstanding congressmen to clients of the lobby firm. </p>
<p>Murtha, of course, was Nancy Pelosi’s “boy” for House Majority Leader. So maybe she’s getting a little something-something, too.</p>
<p>And, then there’s the Democratic Congresswoman from California who set up a nice scam. She’s in a 100% Democratic district so instead of spending contributions from her favored lobby groups, she uses them to pay herself 18% annual interest on $150,000 she “loaned” her campaign when she was first elected in 1976. Pretty clever way to put lobby cash directly in her pocket year after year. About $200,000 so far.</p>
<p>Culture of corruption.</p>
<p>idad-
corruption seems to be an equal-opportunity problem. I don’t want to help this thread devolve into name calling so I will not cite cases where republicans have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Suffice it to say that ther is plenty of blame to go around.</p>
<p>More Y Chromosome culture of corruption. The owner of the private detention services paying the bribes is the son of a former state Supreme Court justice and the brother of the county Attorney in the Wilkes-Barre area.</p>
<p>Wait 'til you see what’s about to explode for Y Chromosome-sporter John Murtha of Pennsylvania and his buddy Y Chromosome-sporter Peter Visclosky. The FBI has raided the lobbying firm set up by former key staffers of these two. The lobbying firm has routed huge campaign contributions to them (from allleged employees of the firm who turn out to have never given money, heard of the firm, or know how their names and addresses were used). $93 million in defense contracting earmarks have been awarded by two fine upstanding congressmen to clients of the lobby firm.</p>
<p>Culture of corruption, the Y Chromosomers.</p>
<p>And some of them can’t spell “alleged,” either.</p>
<p>Owlice</p>
<p>Loved your comment!!! still rofl!!!</p>
<p>I would think that money which went toward judge kickbacks was money not spent on care and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.</p>
<p>This is such an egregious violation of public trust that I am thinking each defendant sentenced too harshly by the judges should constitute a separate criminal charge/offense. The subsequent sentences should run consecutively so as to confine the former judges for life. </p>
<p>Since the power structure is going to “look after its own”, I doubt the former judges will ever pay a signifcant fine or serve any time in prison.
After the glare of publicity fades, they will be quitely handed small fines and suspended sentences, if not let off “scot free”. I doubt the fines, if any, will amount to more that the kickbacks.</p>
<p>Bad judges (Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan) and prosecutors (Nifong) are like cockroaches; you see/catch one for every thousand that are hidden/getting away with it.</p>
<p>Owlice, I think I love you. 
:D</p>
<p>Thank you, thank you; it’s nice to have a valentine on Valentine’s Day! :D</p>
<p>I think a lynch mob is too good for these guys. Too quick. They should languish somewhere horrible forever, and once they die, be brought back to life so they can go through it all over again. </p>
<p>BigG, I hope you are wrong about them getting a slap on the wrist; that would be outrageous, too.</p>
<p>I like the idea of “each defendant sentenced too harshly by the judges should constitute a separate criminal charge/offense.” Yes, they should be put away for life. </p>
<p>Maybe soaked in beef fat and thrown into an enclosed area with vicious dogs would do as a substitute, though.</p>