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Biden granted clemency to the ‘kids-for-cash’ judge. The White House didn’t consider the case specifics.
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Biden granted clemency to the ‘kids-for-cash’ judge. The White House didn’t consider the case specifics.
The Biden administration used broad parameters in granting the nearly 1,500 clemency requests.
Some victims of the “kids-for-cash” scandal have publicly criticized Joe Biden in the wake of Michael Conahan’s commutation. | Susan Walsh/AP
By Adam Cancryn
12/13/2024 06:04 PM EST
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The White House commuted the sentence of the judge at the center of a notorious “kids-for-cash” scandal without considering the specifics of his case, beyond whether it fit into a broad set of criteria, an administration official told POLITICO on Friday.
President Joe Biden this week granted clemency to the former Pennsylvania judge, Michael Conahan, as part of a mass commutation covering nearly 1,500 people who had been released on home confinement during the Covid pandemic.
Conahan’s inclusion sparked harsh blowback, with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro criticizing Biden for getting it “absolutely wrong.”
“I do feel strongly that President Biden got it absolutely wrong and created........
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