Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Judges Lock-Up Kids For Cash



A former juvenile court judge in Pennsylvania was sentenced  to 28 years in prison for his part in an alleged "kids for cash" scam considered one of the worst judicial scandals in US history.

 Mark Ciavarella Jr., 61, a former judge in Luzerne County, was also ordered to pay $1.17 million in restitution.

Mr. Ciavarella was convicted in federal court in Scranton, Pa., in February on charges that he and a second judge, Michael Conahan, ran the local court system as a racketeering enterprise.

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