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Posted on March 26, 2009 | tags

 
 

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
 
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