Two Luzerne County judges used youths as "commodities that could be traded for cash," attorneys for more than 70 juveniles and their parents alleged in a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal court in Scranton.
In failing to disclose $2.6 million in alleged kickbacks from two juvenile centers, Judges Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan violated the right of every juvenile defendant to a fair and impartial trial, says the suit, which seeks class-action status. Thousands of county youths were sentenced to the facilities.
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http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local...dges_case.html
That is highly F'd up. All the kids that they sentenced (at least 70) should be let go and given that 2.6 million as compensation.
PA Judges earned 2.6 million sentence teens to juvy
