One of the most sickening cases of recent times was that of a Pennsylvania judge getting bribes from a builder of juvenile prisons, in exchange for which the judge sent thousands of children, many of them first-time offenders convicted of minor crimes and some as young as 10, to the private jails.
About 4,000 of those convictions have now been tossed aside because he violated the constitutional rights of the accused, including the right to legal counsel and the right to intelligently enter a plea. The judge was portrayed as not only corrupt but as “vicious and mean-spirited” who “verbally abused and cruelly mocked” the children whom he sent to jail.
His trial has ended with the judge being sentenced to 28 years in prison.
Another judge accused of a similar crime has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.
This is precisely what needs to happen with some select banksters and congressmen:
Seeing a small few of their brethren subjected to a ‘perp walk’ will radically transform the behavior of the rest. Of course, that reformed behavior will only last a handful of years as the memory fades…
Don’t forget we don’t have “Free Will”. The Judge couldn’t help but commit those crimes, you couldn’t help but write the Blog, I couldn’t help but write these comments. Live and let live!
For me, this is a perfect example of the ills of capitalism and a for-profit society.
When the goal is profit nearly anything can be justified (by some) towards that end.
Glad to see consequences for this horrific abuse of power.
This is crazy, did other people not notice that this judge’s actions where out of line?
This judge was in a position of trust, he broke that trust, now let him rot.