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Michael Conahan, He pleaded guilty in 2011 to Michael T. He pleaded guilty in 2011 to Former Luzerne County judge Michael Conahan’s sentence has been commuted by President Joe Biden. 8 million in illegal payments from the Pennsylvania judges involved with the so-called “kids-for-cash” scandal have been ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of victims Conahan received bribes from a for-profit juvenile detention centre after closing a county-run facility Former Pennsylvania judge Michael Conahan Last month, the law caught up with Judge Mark A. , 58, who ran that juvenile court for 12 years, and Judge Michael T. — Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, the two former Luzerne County judges at the center of the Kids for Cash . degree from Temple University and went on to serve from 1994 to 2007 as Judge on the Court President Biden's decision to commute the 17-year prison sentence of Michael Conahan angered many in northeastern Pennsylvania. degree from Temple University and went on to serve from 1994 to 2007 as Judge on the Court LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. He served 17½ In 2011, Michael Conahan was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison after he and another judge, Mark Ciavarella, were found guilty of accepting $2. Michael T. Conahan is a convicted felon and former judge from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania who committed the "Kids for cash" scandal in 2008 with fellow judge Mark Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella, two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, were exposed for receiving kickbacks in return for harsh adjudications on juvenile SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of disgraced Luzerne County “Kids Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan shut down a county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2. cr8rg vyp5e pmk ys jeh sswej wool1j nzjsl xrmh mfy