think many of them were a lot shady or than bite and junior take for our pennsylvania. judge michael connor had nicknamed the kids for tash judge in 2011. he was convicted of making $2800000.00 from for profit prisons by wrongly sending children to these facilities . the lives of so many kids were ruined with at least one you've been committing suicide after ending up behind bars. it's no surprise, their parents are outraged at the pardoning of their children's torment, or kind of hands, actions destroyed families, including mine. and my son's death is a tragic reminder of the consequences of his abuse of power, this part and feels like an injustice for all of us who still suffer. right now i am processing and doing the best i can to cope with the pain that this has brought back. we have no time to get any time taken away from us. we had no one to talk to, but now we're talking about the president of the united states to do this. what about all of us? even pennsylvania is governor, criticized by these pardoning of kona hand as a decision that's made the heart ache, of those wronged families

we have reached out to the white house to ask them why judge michael connor hand was part of the massive pardon and clemency listed. no word back yet on that. wwe will talk about this judge e and a fellow judge were convicted in 2011 for receiving millions in exchange for sending kids who had very low level offenses, first-time offenses to these for-profit juvenile detention centers ruining many of their lives in the process. democratic pennsylvania senator excuse me governor josh appear weighed in on this yesterday and yuse some strong words. listen. for that president biden got it absolutely wrong. and create a lot of pa pain hern northeastern pennsylvania. this was not only a black eye on the community, the kids for cash scandal, but it also affected families in really deep and profound and sad ways. >> second chances for the formal judge here but no second chances for the victims who were involved in that case. according to president biden when it comes to his list of people off the hook he wrote quote the commutation recipients who are placed on home confinement during the covid pan

. >> michael connor hannah fellow judge were convicted in 2011 for raking in millions of dollars in exchangees to these detention centers for minor non- violent offenses for this is a case that really rocked pennsylvania ever since i worked there for 10 years the commonwealth is haunted by the credit governor josh shapiro said president biden made a bad move. >> i do feel strongly that president biden got it absolutely wrong. and created a lot of pain here in northeastern pennsylvania. >> that case a 17 year old died by suicide after being sent away by judge connor hand. no second chance for that kid. according to president biden the commutation recipients who are placed on home confinement during the covid pandemic has successfully reintegrated into their families and communities have shown they deserve a second chance democrats are also speaking up about potential preemptive pardons for people the biden team fears could be by the trump administration something trump has disputed he is going to do. >> i think the presi presidentst away a lot of different factors how seriously he believes ka