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Judge Sentenced to 28 Years for Selling Kids to the Prison System (2013)

184 点作者 emhart超过 10 年前

24 条评论

jacquesm超过 10 年前
What really really bugs me about this case is <i>how little money he got</i>. I mean, come on. Judges earn a pretty good living, this guy sold his soul and thousands of real people for a bit over a million. Incredible. I can see how some people might be tempted to do something as bad as this for 100&#x27;s of millions (they obviously still should not do it, it is just as bad in every other way). But a mere million dollars for the lives of thousands of people? That makes a human life worth &lt; $1000 per head to this judge.<p>I have similar feelings about how cheap politicians are to bribe.
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spacefight超过 10 年前
There must be monentary incentives somewhere else too, otherwise the US wouldn&#x27;t lead the world on the list of imprisoned population: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate#United_States" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;List_of_countries_by_incarcerat...</a> (juveniles not in the list)
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rdebeasi超过 10 年前
The New York Times has more detailed coverage of this case:<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/us/28judges.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2009&#x2F;03&#x2F;28&#x2F;us&#x2F;28judges.html?_r=1</a><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/books/review/kids-for-cash-and-the-injustice-system.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;03&#x2F;31&#x2F;books&#x2F;review&#x2F;kids-for-cash...</a>
spacefight超过 10 年前
I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised, if this judge is just the tip of a very large big and still floating iceberg.
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buf超过 10 年前
I am disgusted at how little time he got.<p>He knows the full extent of what he is doing, as he is a judge. As a person who has seen what prison can do to a person, I feel this is unjust.
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billmalarky超过 10 年前
I remember this guy. I&#x27;ll never forget this short video that came out during the case. It does a really good job of portraying just how despicable this man&#x27;s actions were.<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8JRMGP2hg8" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=H8JRMGP2hg8</a>
marcinx27超过 10 年前
I&#x27;m from the area that was under Ciavarella. I remember being in middle school and having him say in an assembly &quot;If you get in a fight, you&#x27;re coming to me and you&#x27;re going away. Miss too much school, you&#x27;re coming to see me and you&#x27;re going away.&quot;
patrickg超过 10 年前
I am always astonished (not in the positive meaning) by the length of theses sentences. The maximum sentence in Germany is 15 years (except for a life long sentence for murder, which could be longer).<p>(disclaimer: I am a volunteer&#x2F;part time judge)<p>Edit:<p>I&#x27;d like to add that I will not comment in public whether I think the sentence is appropriate or not, as I don&#x27;t ever want anybody in a trial to accuse me of a biased opinion, although I highly doubt that anyone of &quot;my&quot; indicted people will ever read HN.
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Fastidious超过 10 年前
It should be noted that this is a year old news.
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architek1超过 10 年前
Original article from Reuter&#x27;s in Aug 11, 2011.<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/11/us-crime-kidsforcash-idUSTRE77A6KG20110811" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2011&#x2F;08&#x2F;11&#x2F;us-crime-kidsforca...</a>
petilon超过 10 年前
The real scandal here is the privatization of the prison system. Had the prison not been a for-profit corporation this kind of thing would not have happened.<p>This story shows that some things should not be privatized. Some people (Rand Paul) believe the Iraq war would not have happened had the US government not relied on for-profit corporations (Halliburton) for war-related contracts. See: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/04/07/rand-paul-in-09-cheney-pushed-iraq-war-to-benefit-halliburton/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;post-politics&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2014&#x2F;04...</a>
slowmotiony超过 10 年前
What kind of a website is this? A couple of lines for an article, no sources and some shitty &quot;how to get benefits&quot; ads on the sidebar? Come on now.
cmdrfred超过 10 年前
If you think the current state of affairs in America isn&#x27;t a problem you simply need to look to the above article. Disgraceful, hopefully he dies in prison.
owenjones超过 10 年前
I&#x27;m not a really vindictive person, but I&#x27;m so glad this guy is going to jail; hopefully for the rest of his life.
thomasvendetta超过 10 年前
His sentence should have been longer, but why are we giving this guy any more time of our day? This happened last year.
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pan69超过 10 年前
Welcome to the world of privatisation. When you privatize institutions which should be run by the government in the first place (health care, public transport, prisons, etc..) then you obviously open up the door for all sorts of corruption since now suddenly all these systems need to make profit.
_pius超过 10 年前
Should have been life.
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cyanbane超过 10 年前
Is there an aggregate source for sentencing data per state? I understand sentencing varies per judge and in accordance with state laws, but you would think this data exists at the state level and abnormalities (like this judges history?) might bubble up.
ddoolin超过 10 年前
I&#x27;m shocked but also feel like I&#x27;ve seen something like this happening before, or at least some source speculating on it&#x27;s possibility. Is there a precedent for this kind of corruption in the U.S? Elsewhere?
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lasermike026超过 10 年前
This is a decent sentence. I hope it sticks. I suspect there is more of this kind of the thing in the courts. The entire police, prison, and court systems needs to be disinfected. Reorganize the whole thing.
devalnor超过 10 年前
I can only suggest you to watch the PrisonValley documentary (2009) about the prison industry.<p><a href="http://prisonvalley.arte.tv/?lang=en" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;prisonvalley.arte.tv&#x2F;?lang=en</a>
boards2x超过 10 年前
What&#x27;s disgusting is that he gets 28 years and not life, or better, death prbalty. If there was ever a justified reason (ie Israel executing Eichman) this is it.
JoeAltmaier超过 10 年前
That article is hardly informative. What did he do wrong? Sentence juveniles solely to a single contracted prison? So were his decisions actually compromised? Or was it just the kickbacks that are at issue.<p>There&#x27;s a sad state of affairs on the internet, where a couple of paragraphs of slanted commentary are called an &#x27;article&#x27;.
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colinbartlett超过 10 年前
Can a mod please add &quot;2013&quot; to the end of this? It&#x27;s pretty old news.