Quote Originally Posted by bourbon View Post
US judge receives 28-year jail term for his role in kids-for-cash kickbacks. The Independent, 30 April 2013.

Of course it is illegal for judges to receive kickbacks from private prison companies; however it is completely legal for private prison companies to dump money into legislative campaigns across the country. No doubt many of the cases that came into his courtroom were drug related.

If I had it my way, this man would receive the death penalty.
I suspect this is the tip of the iceberg and it should be bigger news, but of course media stations that argue that more and more government functions should be privatized will do their best to keep this important story out of the headlines.