The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned some 4,000 convictions issued by him between 2003 and 2008, claiming he violated the constitutional rights of the juveniles – including the right to legal counsel and the right to intelligently enter a plea. Some of the juveniles he sentenced were as young as 10-years old.
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This man should go to jail for life.
This is one of the sickest things I have heard. He should go to jail forever!
For profit prison systems are a horrible idea that must go away.
@11:30, at his age it is a life sentence. I hope his fellow inmates show him the "respect" he deserves.
got to keep feeding the beast. It's not just the prison system it's the whole justice system, judges lawyers police parole officers prison guards etc. The whole war on drugs is certainly nothing more than a jobs program for the above mentioned job fields!
Anyone think he is the ONLY judge (and State's Attorney) involved? "We, the people" are just pawns and red meat to these slugs. Hang them, too, but let their feet just barely touch the ground so they dangle a while. His sentence equals about 3 days of prison for every person he served up like dinner to these sharks. THREE DAYS. Think about what some of those kids went through in that system. LIFE in prison would be a better sentence -- those in power should be held to the greatest accountability.
I wonder which criminal gets a worse sentence in Federal prison, a child molester or a crooked judge? I don't think the judge's time is going to be easy. Rightly so.
Yep. because some of those kids are now ADULTS in the prison he's going to.....lol....hey judge, bend over and pick that soap up.
@ 1:34
Don't know how you think parole officers benefit from this...we sure as heck don't get money for violating people...as a matter of fact, we have to get approval from 2 supervisors before we can get a warrant for a parolee, then they just let them right out again anyway! We are overworked, underpaid and under appreciated. The BS we have to put up with from not only the people we supervise but from management is unreal...but, you are like many others--very much unaware of what we do.
6:47 PM
You are part of the same system. Your job description, like cops who say the same thing, is not as top secret as you may think. Or you guys just think the general public is as dumb as Joe Biden, or worse.
News flash: We know what your job entails, or at least what it is supposed to entail. While no one may know every little nuance of your duties, we know enough to know what is good and bad about it, and you.
I have no doubt in my mind you both have the underbelly of society to deal with each day you work. And I thank you both for doing so.
BUT, that IS your job. That is what YOU BOTH chose to do. What you went to school for, what you trained for and what you get PAID to do.
And while I can understand anyone complaining about their jobs, there is a limit of how much is tolerated. Even you guys.
And it is exactly the attitudes you both display that warrant so much ire and disrespect to both of you. Mainly because it is not given from you, more so from cops.
So buck up, take a vacation or find a new career. In this day and age of massive unemployment, complaining about ones' job does not go over so well.
@9:38
You have no way of knowing what is good or bad about me...in fact, if you knew how often we DON'T violate people for "any little reason" you may revise your opinion...the misconceptions of what we do and how we do it (assuming we just can't wait to lock people up for example). For the most part, I enjoy my job...it is the administrative aspect of it that is the issue--the people "in charge" generally are appointed by the Governor, have little knowledge or experience and have no clue what is going on in the "trenches". That is what makes the job frustrating...plus when someone you have worked with for a long time, trying to help them with jobs, education, drug treatment etc. and they screw up--that is extremely frustrating, but all part of the job. So while I appreciate the small note of thanks from you for doing the job, I wish you could sit in our shoes for awhile to see exactly what it entails. Stay safe!
5:37 AM
I may not know everything good or bad about anyone, who can? But I can deduce some things just by how someone talks, carries themselves, their outlooks, etc.
I am not that arrogant to presume to know everything about anything.
Now addressing some of what you typed, why would you or anyone else want to violate someone for 'any little thing'? Unless you have a personal dislike for the person or just a mean ass yourselves.(generally speaking, not directed at you specifically).
As far as your superiors being appointed by the governor or whoever, that's just politics as usual. And I can imagine your frustration about these 'appointments'. Everyone who is paying attention, especially to current events in politics and government, can see what happens when someone appoints a friend or political ally instead of someone with actual knowledge, experience, desire and heart.
I don't want this to get about you and me. I was not trying to attack you or anything like that, and I'm sorry if that is how you took my remarks.
And as far as sitting in your seat is concerned, NO THANK YOU. There is a reason I do not do that kind of work, or want to be a cop. It's not that I couldn't do it, I don't chose to do it.
I would not make a very good cop or parole officer. One reason is I could not tolerate the BS and abuse you guys have to endure. I would be fired, in jail myself or killed. So I grant you that.
And you are welcome for my small note of thanks. It was genuine.
Good luck to you and YOU be safe.
Yeah put him in prison so we can PAY FOR HIM
And I suppose juveniles were just yanked out of math class for no good reason and sent before that judge. What's wrong with you people?!!! Especially you imclain. Always someone else's fault but the troublemaker. Such an enabling frame of mind.
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