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Crooked state judges make plea to have their plea deals accepted

By Douglas A. Berman

As noted in this post, a federal judge recently rejected the plea deal secured by two former Pennsylvania county judges who had pleaded guilty to a kickback scheme involving sending juveniles to private detention facilities.  Now, as detailed in this new article from The Legal Intelligencer, the judges are seeking reconsideration of their rejected deals.  Here is how the piece begins: Two disgraced former Luzerne County, Pa., judges have asked that a federal judge reconsider his decision to reject their plea agreements. Michael T. Conahan and Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. made a joint filing Thursday, petitioning U.S. District Judge Edwin M. Kosik to reinstate their agreed-upon sentence of 87 months in prison because neither could be found at fault for his post-plea hearing actions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 21, 2009 (boomark / email).