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Juvenile Criminal Convictions Reversed

By Walin & Klarich

Hundreds of Juvenile Court Criminal Convictions Reversed Due to Alleged Actions of Judge who Took Millions of Dollars in Kickbacks It was reported in the Los Angeles Times on March 27, 2009 that a state Supreme Court has reversed convictions in hundreds of juvenile crime cases due to the corrupt actions of a former judge. It was reported that this judge was being prosecuted for allegedly taking over 2.6 million dollars in payoffs to put juvenile offenders in privately owned jail facilities. The Supreme Court found that between 2003 and 2008, this judge violated the constitutional rights of youthful offenders who came before him without lawyers. This resulted in many of these youthful offenders serving time in custody unjustly. This is yet another example of what can happen when juveniles facing criminal charges do not retain qualified criminal defense attorneys to assist them...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).