Update to the Corrupt Pennsylvania Judges Story
We had written a few months ago about two judges in Pennsylvania who had taken kickbacks from a company running a juvenile detention home to send kids there. Now USA Today writes that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned most of the convictions from the time period in question. The story says that those whose convictions were erased were primarily “low-level offenders who appeared in Ciavarella’s courtroom without lawyers.” The judges would recommend that the people charged not use a lawyer and then get them to admit guilt and send them to the home. The more residents the juvenile home had the more it was paid by the county. This had to be one of the most horrific corruption cases I have seen due to the nature of the criminality involved.
Matthew Potter works supporting US Army aviation programs. He holds degrees in history as well as studying at the Defense Acquisition University. He has written for Seeking Alpha and at his own website, Defense Procurement News.
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