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It’s tantamount to life in prison and they have to return their ill gotten gains. There is nothing else to take. This is justice, not retribution.

How is it "justice" that the prison owners who paid the judges get off with no sentence at all?

You are talking about two different parties. One whom has been the su ject of justice, the other who was fined, and arguably this is not justice.

My question is around whether there are penalties for those handing out the bribes.

What do you suggest we do, then?

Fine the prisons that bribed the judge until they're bankrupt and their owners are bankrupt

It's a life sentence. Is there anything harsher short of the death penalty?

Of course, life in prison in solitude confinement. And if you went to other parts of the world, well, best not say what can happen

A judge can't sentence that, and it's generally considered to violate the 8th amendment. So also not in PA.

He didn’t ask if it was legal. He asked what was worse