Conahan, 72, was convicted along with former judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., 74, of funneling juvenile defendants to two private, for-profit detention centers in exchange for $2.8 million.

Former President Judge Michael Conahan and former Judge Mark Ciavarella sentenced kids for minor offenses in exchange for millions in kickbacks. The scandal is believed to have impacted the lives ...

The commutation of the prison sentence of former Luzerne County judge Michael Conahan by President ... by the judge and his accomplice, Mark Ciavarella, during the notorious “kids for cash ...

You can picture Biden squinting up from his desk in the Oval Office asking Jeff Zients, his chief of staff, “Jeff, what am I signing?” ...

His co-conspirator, Mark Ciavarella, who took almost $3 million ... a former juvenile court judge, and a second judge, Michael Conahan, of taking more than $2 million in bribes from the builder ...

President Biden commuted 1,500 sentences, including that of Michael Conahan ... The former judge and his co-conspirator, Mark Ciavarella, 76, were found guilty of conspiring to funnel juveniles ...

The “Dishonorable” Judge of the Court of Common Pleas was convicted in 2008 of sending Pennsylvania children to a detention center for millions in cash kickbacks. Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr ...

Michael Conahan, the disgraced former Luzerne County judge convicted ... in prison in 2011 after pleading guilty to his role in a scheme where he and fellow Judge Mark Ciavarella accepted $2.6 million ...