Michael Conahan, the disgraced former Luzerne County judge convicted in the "Kids for Cash" scandal, had his sentence commuted by President Joe Biden, the White House announced on Thursday, Dec. 12.

Michael Conahan was jailed in 2011 for detaining thousands of children in juvenile detention centers in exchange for kickbacks.

This decision has raised broader concerns about the messaging of clemency. While the administration aims to address systemic issues, critics warn that leniency for individuals like Conahan risks ...

Former Luzerne County Judge Michael Conahan, the jurist at the center of the so-called “Kids-for-Cash” scandal, was among 1,499 commutations the 82-year-old lame-duck president granted in the ...

President Joe Biden this week granted clemency to the former Pennsylvania judge, Michael ... of the “kids-for-cash” scandal have publicly criticized Biden in the wake of Conahan’s commutation.

There is outrage and lots of questions coming from the victims of the Kids for Cash scheme in the aftermath of United States President Joe Biden’s clemency action for corrupt judge Michael Conahan.

Former Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Conahan, who gained notoriety for wrongfully imprisoning juveniles in the ...

Biden's Commutation in 'Kids for Cash' Scandal Angers Some Pennsylvania ... Biden's decision to commute the 17-year prison sentence of Michael Conahan angered many in northeastern Pennsylvania ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Former Judge Michael Conahan, a judge at the helm of the infamous 'Kids for Cash' scandal, was among the nearly 1,500 individuals whose sentences were commuted by President ...

President Biden commuted the sentence of former Luzerne County judge Michael Conahan, who was convicted in the "kids for cash" scandal. Conahan accepted bribes in exchange for sending children to ...

Former Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Conahan, a central figure in the notorious "Kids-for-Cash" scandal, is among nearly 1,500 federal inmates whose sentences President Joe Biden commuted as his ...