I was familiar with this case before
Michael Conahan, 72, was convicted along with former judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., 74, of funneling juvenile defendants to two private, for-profit detention centers in exchange for $2.1 million in kickbacks.
absolutely aggravating that a judge gets their sentence commuted, they are nearly impossible to convict in any circumstance to begin with.

For background.... It is VERY common to see kickback schemes or outright partnerships in many small/medium courthouses, including in Colorado. Some hardly take effort to hide it. E.g. judge's brother starts a drug rehab program, judge sentences 100% of potential or even vaguely potential clients to his brother's rehab program. In my experience, it feels like 50% of small population counties have that exact issue. The Conahan/Ciaverella case was the only one I'm aware of that was successfully prosecuted, because judicial corruption is outright untouchable.