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'Kids for Cash' victim reacts after Biden commutes sentence for Pennsylvania judge

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13.12.2024

SCRANTON, Pa. (WBRE/WYOU) President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of disgraced "Kids for Cash" Judge Michael Conahan, and one victim is expressing anger over it.

Conahan and fellow Judge Mark Ciavarella, both of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, were convicted in connection with a scheme that sent thousands of juveniles to two private detention centers in exchange for millions of dollars in kickbacks.

Nexstar's WBRE spoke with Amanda Lorah, a victim of the Kids for Cash scheme. She called the clemency for Conahan simply wrong and an injustice.

"It's a big slap in the face for us once again," Lorah said after hearing that Biden had commuted the Conahan's sentence.

"We had no time to get any........

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