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: TalkLeftPA Court Vacates Hundreds of Juvie Convictions
By Jeralyn
Remember the Pennsylvania judges that took $2.6 millions in payoffs from private detention centers for sending kids their way?
Today the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated hundreds of the convictions, and it's not done yet.
The state Supreme Court ruled that former Luzerne County President Judge Mark Ciavarella violated the constitutional rights of youth offenders who appeared in his courtroom without lawyers between 2003 and 2008.
''Today's order is not intended to be a quick fix,'' Chief Justice Ronald Castille said in a statement. ''It's going to take some time, but the Supreme Court is committed to righting whatever wrong was perpetrated on Luzerne's juveniles and their families.''
Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 26, 2009 (boomark / email).
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