Judge Convicted of Racketeering

[WildBill]

Former Juvenile Court Judge Mark Ciavarella was convicted by a federal jury on 12 of 39 counts, including racketeering, for taking nearly $1 million to funnel thousands of kids into a privately run detention facility.

Ciavarella and a colleague had a reputation for giving extreme sentences for comparatively minor offenses. It was later determined they received almost $3 million in kickbacks so that they would send some 4,000 young offenders to a private juvenile facility run by associates of theirs.

Ciavarella, who still maintains that he is innocence, testified he viewed the money just as a finder's fee. He said he never took a dime for sending a juvenile anywhere. He remains free on bail awaiting sentencing.

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[Oldgringo]

A judge on the pad ??? Get out !!!

[RoyGBiv]

The Judge should be incarcerated in the same facility he sent those kids to...

[Ameer]

The Judge should be incarcerated in the same facility he sent those kids to...

Sending him to a facility run by his "associates" doesn't sound like much of a punishment.

Send him to Chinese prison.

[Pawpaw]

The Judge should be incarcerated in the same facility he sent those kids to...

Sending him to a facility run by his "associates" doesn't sound like much of a punishment.

Send him to Chinese prison.

Put a .22LR in his pocket and push him across the border in Laredo.