Bribing Judges

Ok... Bribing a judge to get your son's rape charges dropped or your wife's dui thrown out is one thing. Its a bitch knowing that sort of thing is only for the rich and happens on a regular basis, but at least its a onsey twosey bribe the judge, save MY ass thing. Unfair but rare(ish.)

But for the prison to bribe the judge to go ahead and fill 'er up to capacity is downright fucked up. In Pennsylvania, they found 2 judges that accepted $2.6 MILLION in bribes from a couple of local juvenile detention facilities. In exchange for this cash, the judges simply turned their court into a scene from Pink Floyd's The Wall. In some cases the children had approximately 2 minutes in court; just enough time to send him to the highest bidder. One kid spent 3 days in a detention center and 4 months in a 'wilderness camp' because a cop accused him of acting as a lookout while his friend stole games from a Walmart. Kid didn't even do nothing wrong, he just chose the wrong day to hang out with that friend.

Just another day at the Wilkes-Barre Juvie Court!

Technically, not only did taxpayers pay to imprison their children with disregard for the rule of law, but the money was also a part of the profits that enabled the $2.6 MILLION in bribes... (and how about the judges salaries and expense accounts?)

Pa. judges accused of jailing kids for cash(y!)

THIS is whyipaytaxes.