Basically, 2 judges took over $2 million in kickbacks from a juvenile detention facility which gets state funds on a per-inmate basis. 

The owners of the detention facility paid the judges to sentence teenagers to time there, when they would ordinarily have gotten a slap on the wrist.

18 U.S.C. § 242 provides for the death penalty when a violation of a constitutional right committed under color of law involves, among other things, kidnapping. It's a bit of a stretch, but I wouldn't mind if someone tried to have it applied to these pieces of crap.