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Crooked state juve judges indicted now on federal racketeering charges

By Douglas A. Berman

This new piece from the Legal Intelligencer, which is headlined "Pa. Judges in Corruption Scandal Indicted for Racketeering," provides the latest news on the remarkable case involving two allegedly crooked state juve judges: A federal grand jury has handed down a 48-count indictment against two former Luzerne County, Pa., judges, alleging the men engaged in racketeering and related charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday. The indictment, a copy of which was not available at press time Wednesday, comes about 5 1/2 weeks after a federal judge rejected the conditional plea agreements of Michael T. Conahan and Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and nearly two weeks after the men withdrew their conditional guilty pleas in the matter...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 10, 2009 (boomark / email).