'Kids for Cash' Judge has sentence commuted by President Biden

[u/EstebanTrabajos]

https://www.wnep.com/article/news/investigations/action-16/kids-for-cash-the-new-crisis/kids-for-cash-judge-has-sentence-commuted-by-president-biden-pennsylvania/523-1be56573-6940-4e45-8daa-5a03abd67464

[u/haunted_cheesecake]

He also pardoned people convicted for possession of child pornography.

But hey, no one is above the law right?

[u/StopCollaborate230 → u/haunted_cheesecake]

The Chinese guy convicted for CP had his sentence commuted, he wasn’t pardoned. Part of it was also that he had to leave the country permanently, among other things, with the explicit reservation of “if you break this agreement we will totally arrest you again.”

[u/jmcdon00 → u/StopCollaborate230]

It was a prisoners exchange, traded 3 Chinese for 3 Americans.

[u/cathbadh → u/jmcdon00]

Yeah, this one Im good with, especially if he's prohibited from returning. He'll probably end up in a tiger chair for a bit back home

[u/mynameisnotshamus → u/jmcdon00]

Shhh we don’t need you facts round here. I’m trying to be outraged!!

[u/haunted_cheesecake → u/jmcdon00]

Who were the Americans we got back? People who are actually important or was it a Brittney Griner situation?

[u/jmcdon00 → u/haunted_cheesecake]

Mr Swidan, 48, had been detained since 2012 and was facing the death penalty after a conviction for narcotics trafficking. Swidan denied the charges and the State Department classified him as wrongfully detained, previously raising concerns about his health.

Mark Li, 60, had been held in China since September 2016 on what activists say were trumped-up spying charges.

John Leung, 78, has lead several pro-Beijing groups in the US. He was arrested in 2021 and sentenced to life in prison on espionage charges two years later.

[u/jmcdon00 → u/[deleted]]

He was an fbi informant gathering intelligence for the fbi.

[u/Careful_Farmer_2879 → u/StopCollaborate230]

Ohhhh OK. He only commuted the CP guy. Commuted. Cool.

WHY???

[u/sr20ser84 → u/Careful_Farmer_2879]

He may have been part of the prisoner exchange with China that also included two Chinese spies.

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[u/haunted_cheesecake → u/[deleted]]

Being just as bad as Donald Trump is not the “gotcha” you think it is…

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