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: TalkLeftTrial Begins for PA Juvie Judge in Kickback Scheme
By Jeralyn
Remember the Pennsylvania juvenile court judges who were charged with taking $2.6 million in kickbacks from private juvenile jails to sentence kids to serve time, even for trivial offenses? Two judges pleaded guilty to the "Cash for Kids" scheme, with plea agreements calling for 87 months. The federal judge rejected the plea agreements and new Indictments with a slew of more charges were filed.
One of the two judges pleaded guilty again, but the other, Mark Ciavarella, went on trial yesterday, in federal court. Opening arguments and testimony began today. [More...]
Pennsylvania later vacated hundreds of the convictions. By the time all was said and done, more than 6,000 convictions had been vacated:
The state has since expunged more than 6,000 records of youths Mr. Ciavarella sentenced, some for crimes as small as stealing a jar of nutmeg.
Ciavarella faces up to life in prison if convicted.
Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 08, 2011 (boomark / email).
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