Judge to serve 28 years after making $2 million for sending black children to jail

[matthews]

42. You certainly don't have much of this story correct, do you?

There were two (2) judges and total take was about 2.6 million, they were sentenced in 2011 and Ciavarella appealed, and if you look at the picture of one of the victims of these guys, you'll plainly see that she is not black. They were removed from the bench in 2009.



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updated 2/11/2009 8:56:36 PM ET

Prosecutors say Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan took $2.6 million in payoffs to put juvenile offenders in lockups run by PA Child Care LLC and a sister company, Western PA Child Care LLC. The judges were charged on Jan. 26 and removed from the bench by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court shortly afterward.





http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29142654/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/pa-judges-accused-jailing-kids-cash/#.Ufmf143VDpU
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THE OTHER JUDGE was sentenced to 17-1/2 years in 2011.


Ex-Luzerne County judge sentenced to 17 1/2 years in jail
September 24, 2011

In entering a guilty plea last year, Conahan admitted he and the county's juvenile court judge, Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., were paid $2.8 million by Powell and the builder of the center, Robert K. Mericle, who was a close friend of Ciavarella.

Conahan's apologetic court appearance Friday stood in striking contrast to that of Ciavarella, who roundly criticized prosecutors and a key prosecution witness at his sentencing last month and continued to deny a "kids-for-cash" conspiracy. Ciavarella, who was sentenced to 28 years on 12 counts by Kosik, is pursuing an appeal.


http://republicanherald.com/news/ex-luzerne-county-judge-sentenced-to-17-1-2-years-in-jail-1.1208448