The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania wiped the slate clean on Thursday for hundreds of young people who had been sentenced by a corrupt judge.
The young people had been sent to privately run detention centers between 2003 and 2008 as part of a judicial kickback scheme that shocked Pennsylvania and the nation. The judge in the cases, Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., of Luzerne County, is one of two judges who pleaded guilty last month to wire fraud and conspiracy for taking more than $2.6 million in kickbacks.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Juvenile Convictions Overturned in Pennsylvania
The New York Times reports:
