Former Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Conahan, who gained notoriety for wrongfully imprisoning juveniles in the Kids-for-Cash scandal, is one of nearly 1,500 inmates whose sentences President Joe Biden commuted on Thursday as his term in office comes to a close.
So in 2011 Cohan was sentenced to 17 1/2 years for doing “Kids-for-Cash”, funneling juvenile defendants to two private, for-profit detention centers in exchange for $2.1 million in kickbacks. And now Biden pardons him…
So in 2011 Cohan was sentenced to 17 1/2 years for doing “Kids-for-Cash”, funneling juvenile defendants to two private, for-profit detention centers in exchange for $2.1 million in kickbacks. And now Biden pardons him…