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There’s no shortage of ridiculously lax regulations for the District’s politicians, that’s for sure. But Prince George’s County can be just as pointlessly lenient!

Apparently, there’s a law on the books in Prince George’s which allows disgraced former county executive Jack Johnson — who pled guilty to two federal crimes in May and is facing up to 13 years in prison — to collect on some hefty pension benefits. The Examiner reports that Johnson’s been receiving payments from a $49,552.32 yearly pension since the beginning of 2011.

How is this even possible, you might ask?

“Public officials in Maryland are denied benefits only if they’re convicted of a crime while in office,” writes reporter Ben Giles.

Ah, yeah. That makes sense.