Joseph A. Massa [pictured], senior counsel for the state Judicial Conduct Board, told a state panel investigating the kids-for-cash scandal today that the board acted properly when it referred allegations against two Luzerne County judges to federal prosecutors, allowing the judges to remain on the bench for two years.The judges, Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan, were charged in January with accepting $2.8 million to direct county contracts and juveniles to a for-profit detention center.
“To allege the board members put their heads in the proverbial sand while juveniles in this county were sent to the hoosegow is a disgrace,” Massa told the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice.
The commission was appointed by the General Assembly, Gov. Ed Rendell and the Supreme Court to investigate the scandal and recommend measures to prevent similar situations. The commission is to issue its report by May 31.
Source:
Witness: State Had Complaint Against Kids-For-Cash Judges in 2006
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That's an awful way to collect evidence.
ReplyDeleteThose kids, after release, should sue the S--T out of those sickos in black dresses - and maybe the judicial discipline panel as well, for setting them up for victimization!
How many kids suffered from 2006 to 2009?
ReplyDeleteI disagree with Massa. If the state knew, they should have protected the kids.
I realize investigations take a long time, sometimes years. But the state could and should have done something to take Conahan and Ciavarella out of business.
ReplyDeleteIt just gets more fascinating every day. Just when we think we've heard most of it, we hear the state knew for three years and the dynamic duo continued to operate.
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