Biden official anonymously defends commuting sentence of "kids-for-cash" judge

Michael Conahan, formerly a judge in Pennsylvania, was jailed for 17 years for selling young offenders to private prisons to be used as forced labour. His sentence was commuted by outgoing President Joe Biden last week, to widespread dismay. Politico gave an administration official anonymity to defend the decision. — Read the rest
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