House arrest for judge in case-fixing scandal
Former Municipal Court Judge Joseph J. O'Neill, who pleaded guilty in Philadelphia's ongoing case-fixing scandal, was sentenced Wednesday to six months of house arrest for lying to federal agents.
U.S. District Judge Juan R. Sanchez also sentenced O'Neill to four years of probation concurrent with the house arrest.
On May 26, O'Neill resigned his judgeship and pleaded guilty to charges that he lied to FBI agents who were investigating special treatment he gave to a Democratic Party fund-raiser in a 2011 case.
O'Neill, 65, who served for seven years on the bench, was caught on an FBI wiretap talking with now-imprisoned Judge Joseph C. Waters Jr., who was trying to influence the outcome of a small-claims lawsuit case involving fund-raiser Samuel G. Kuttab.
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[font color=330099]No, he belongs in jail instead of house arrest. Will he have to pee in a cup after each probation meeting? How do we get people to obey the law if we show favoritism?[/font]