It’s a messy business, fraught with peril.
Outgoing President Joe Biden has been on a pardons binge these last few weeks, granting a get-out-of-jail card to a bloated list of people. However, such power must be used wisely and therein lies the rub. His recent pardon of former Judge Michael Conahan, who sent children to jail to get rich in an unseemly “cash for kids” kickback, is a case in point.
The scandal involved two Pennsylvania judges, Conahan and Judge Mark Ciavarella. They were convicted of taking more than $2 million in kickbacks to fill the beds at two for-profit detention centers. Ultimately, the scheme was uncovered, and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out the convictions of some 2,300 children. But the dastardly deeds were not without human cost.
In the case of Sandy Fonzo, whose son was unfairly…
