小人调钞票丑闻
外观
“小人调钞票”丑闻(英语:Kids for Cash)指嗰是宾夕法尼亚州卢泽恩县(宾夕法尼亚州)威尔克斯巴里民事诉讼法院嗰两名法官來勒判决里向吃回扣嗰丑闻。2008年,法官迈克尔·科纳汉帮马克·恰瓦雷拉吃私人牢监公司嗰回扣,重判青少年,提高賓夕法尼亞州儿童保育營利性拘留中心个入住率[1][2]。就算被告小人只是嘲校长箇种小唻一咪咪个轻罪,法官恰瓦雷拉还是延长上千少年个拘留辰光。[3]
2009年,法官拒绝最初嗰认罪协议[4][5],联邦大陪审团提起48项指控[6]。2010年,科纳汉承认一项共谋敲诈勒索罪,判仔进联邦监牢17年半。[7]恰瓦雷拉来勒第二年受审,39项指控中有12项成立,判仔进坐28年个联邦牢监。[8]
参考
[编辑]- ↑ Urbina, Ian (2009-03-27). "Despite Red Flags, Judges Ran Kickback Scheme for Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit No. 11-3277: United States of America v. Mark Ciavarella, Jr., Appellant. United States Courts (2013-05-24).
- ↑ Chen (2009-02-23). Pennsylvania rocked by 'jailing kids for cash' scandal. CNN. 原始文档勒2022-05-21存档. 访问日脚2024-12-18.
- ↑ Federal Officials Announce the Filing of Federal Fraud and Tax Charges Against Two Luzerne County Common Pleas Courts Judges in an On-going Public Corruption Probe. U.S. Department of Justice (2009-01-26).
- ↑ Kosik, Edwin (2009-07-30). "Memorandum and Order, United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ↑ Morgan-Besecker, Terrie (2009-09-10). "Ex-judges hit with 48 counts". Times Leader. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ "Former Luzerne judge Conahan sentenced to 17.5 years". The Scranton Times-Tribune. 2011-09-23. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ↑ Pennsylvania judge gets 28 years in 'kids for cash' case. NBC News (2011-08-11).