Judges paid to give harsher sentences to juvenile defenders

The_Minister

I'll only quote some of the article, as its quite long.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29142654/

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - For years, the juvenile court system in Wilkes-Barre operated like a conveyor belt: Youngsters were brought before judges without a lawyer, given hearings that lasted only a minute or two, and then sent off to juvenile prison for months for minor offenses.

The explanation, prosecutors say, was corruption on the bench.

In one of the most shocking cases of courtroom graft on record, two Pennsylvania judges have been charged with taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send teenagers to two privately run youth detention centers.

This is why private jails need to either not exist or be closely monitored.

They sent hundreds of defendants to juvinile hall for far longer periods of time then they deserved - one girl made a website mocking her assistant principal, and got three months - , and cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands.

The funny thing is that various loudmouths had claimed in the past that the judges were too easy on people.

MagicMarker

You know that jail in ''Sleepers''? If that's still open we should send them all there.

Motley Crue

This doesnt suprise me. Put a man in a position of power and he will have corrupted it within a day. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

phasers

Kids probably deserved it, all kids are up to something.

MagicMarker

MagicMarker wrote: »

You know that jail in ''Sleepers''? If that's still open we should send them all there.

first thing i thought of was sleepers..

but not in the way you thought of it :rolleyes:

dr.bollocko

Juvenile defenders? Wut like the Power Rangers? James Bond Junior? The back line of the Irish under 21 team?

Sir Gallagher

MagicMarker wrote: »

You know that jail in ''Sleepers''? If that's still open we should send them all there.

I think we all learned a valuable lesson from that film, if Kevin Bacon wants a blow job, Kevin Bacon gets a blow-job.

MagicMarker

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

I think we all learned a valuable lesson from that film, if Kevin Bacon wants a blow job, Kevin Bacon gets a blow-job.

They liked it really.

jimmycrackcorm

The_Minister wrote: »

one girl made a website mocking her assistant principal, and got three months .

Shh. Don't tell kids here or they'll all be looking for three months off school.

Dyr

Man, can we work a system like that here? imagine the shock among our teenage durtbag community

"worrya mean i'm not gerrin bleedin probashun?? I've ondly a dozen previous!!"

Sir Gallagher

MagicMarker wrote: »

They liked it really.

Of course they did, everyone loves the taste of Bacon.