Judge Guilty In Cash For Kids Scam

[falcon]

This PA judge has been convicted in a well publicized scheme where two juvenile court judges took bribes from the owners of for profit detention centers. The two judges sent thousands of kids to those detention centers. Good on the federal judge who tried this scumbag.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A federal jury on Friday found a former Pennsylvania judge guilty in a so-called kids-for-cash scheme, in which he took money in exchange for sending juvenile offenders to for-profit detention centers.

Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. was accused of taking $2.8 million in bribes and kickbacks for putting juveniles into detention centers owned by friends.

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The former judge faces a maximum sentence of 157 years in prison. The jury also ruled he must forfeit $997,600.

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The other judge, Conahan, pleaded guilty last year to one count of racketeering conspiracy. He has not been sentenced.
In 2009, both judges were offered plea agreements that would have resulted in 87 months in prison.

But those offers were subsequently nullified by U.S. District Judge Edwin Kosik, who deemed them insufficient. Kosik presided over the Ciavarella case.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110218/...me_kidsforcash

[sachiko]

They should spend the rest of their lives in prison. Very good of the federal judge to reject the plea agreement.

Those private, for-profit centers have developed a negative reputation in this state.

[bergall]

Two fine and upstanding members of the judiciary.
BOTH democrats...and now they live where they belong.
Kudos to Judge Kosik



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