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28 Mar 2009 00:31

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U.S.: Those evil juvenile court judges sound like cartoon bad guys

  • We did what we could to stop it. There were so many red flags that no one could mistake them as any other color.
  • Luzerne County, Pa. Commissioner Stephen A. Urban • On the Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Judge Michael T. Conahan, who screwed over hundreds of kids by sending them to detention centers, receiving kickbacks that allowed them to chill at a resort home in Florida. Everyone knew something sketchy was going on but they had an iron grip over the court. Actual justice has finally been served and now they’re going to jail. • source

26 Mar 2009 20:37

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U.S.: Those evil Pa. juvenile court judges got their convictions overturned

  • up to 1,200 kids will get their convictions overturned, thanks to the Pa. Supreme Court; the sentences tended to be surprisingly harsh and involved private juvenile detention centers
  • $2.6 million amount Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan received in kickbacks from those detention centers for sentencing kids there; they’re going to jail source