Judge gets 28 years for accepting bribes from teen lockup

Remember when 2 judges in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, took kickbacks from an abusive privately owned juvenile detention facility? They accepted millions of dollars in bribes to send children there. At least one of the young people sent there was beaten by other detainees.

Knowing what I knew about abusive teen confinement facilities owning judges, I wasn't in the least bit surprised by the scandal. The guards at places like this like to boast about how many judges the places own.

Now one of the judges in this scandal, Mark Ciavarella Jr., has been sentenced to 28 years in the federal hoosegow for racketeering for accepting these payoffs. If he serves his whole sentence, he won't be free until he's 89. He deserves every bit of the punishment he's getting.

Ciavarella's victims who were in the courtroom during the sentencing cheered when the sentence was handed down. Like a true sociopath, Ciavarella continues to deny responsibility for his actions.

The other judge in this scandal, Michael Conahan, still awaits his own sentencing.

(Source: http://www.salon.com/wires/us/2011/08/11/D9P1U9KO0_us_courthouse_kickbacks)