Kids for cash scandal
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kids-for-cash-scandal-166-5666475
title:
Kids for cash scandal
text:
The kids for cash scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US. In 2008, judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were convicted of accepting money in return for imposing harsh adjudications on juveniles to increase occupancy at a private prison operated by PA Child Care. Ciavarella disposed thousands of children to extended stays in youth centers for offenses as trivial as mocking an assistant principal on M
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encyclopedia
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Judicial kickbacks case in Pennsylvania
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal
date created:
2009-08-25T13:14:23Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T19:08:59Z
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