Among the 15-hundred people whose sentences were commuted by Biden last week was Michael Conahan who helped orchestrate what has been described as one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history — a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (pictured right) said the scandal "affected families in really deep and profound and sad ways," and Conahan "deserves to be behind bars, not walking as a free man."
Diane Gramley is President of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania.
“I was shocked but in reality not shocked because of Joe Biden. It was political payback I'm pretty sure. This individual who was in prison for basically selling kids, should have remained in jail and Joe Biden made a big mistake by commuting his sentence. With Josh Shapiro being upset about that says a whole lot right there."
Biden brings more pain for families
Gramley agrees with Shapiro about who is hurt the most by this decision.
"The parents in Luzerne County, which is where this judge was, were even more shocked by what Biden decided. Kids as young as eight were sent to privately run facilities and the judge would get kickbacks. It's really slap in the face. And I think that the fact that Biden is doing what he's doing in commuting sentences even further confirms that Pennsylvania made the right decision in not voting Democrat."
