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Petrilla said on Thursday that she called Ciavarella to discuss upcoming employee layoffs, and he refused to cooperate.
Times Leader News 2008
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A state panel that investigated the scandal called Ciavarella "Dickensian" in his treatment of juvenile offenders and said that he reigned over juvenile court in a "harsh, autocratic and arbitrary" manner.
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A state panel that investigated the scandal called Ciavarella "Dickensian" in his treatment of juvenile offenders and said that he reigned over juvenile court in a "harsh, autocratic and arbitrary" manner.
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A state panel that investigated the scandal called Ciavarella "Dickensian" in his treatment of juvenile offenders and said that he reigned over juvenile court in a "harsh, autocratic and arbitrary" manner.
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Marsha Levick, chief counsel for the Juvenile Law Center, estimated that of approximately 5,000 juveniles who came before Ciavarella from 2003 and 2006, between 1,000 and 2,000 received excessively harsh detention sentences.
Pennsylvania judges admit taking bribes to jail teenagers 2009
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Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan of the Court of Common Pleas in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, entered plea agreements in federal court in Scranton admitting that they took payoffs from PA Childcare and a sister company, Western PA Childcare, between 2003 and 2006.
Pennsylvania judges admit taking bribes to jail teenagers 2009
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Seeking to remedy what it deemed a “travesty of justice,” the state Supreme Court on Thursday vacated the convictions of all juveniles who appeared before former Judge Mark Ciavarella from 2003 to 2008 and barred retrials in all but a small portion of those cases.
Judge found guilty of of corruption; 6500 convictions overturned : Law is Cool 2009
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But Ciavarella and Conahan were only taking the commercialisation of crime control to its logical conclusion.
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Was the issue here that Ciavarella accepted a hellish amount of money from the prison management, or that he accepted any at all?
Judge found guilty of of corruption; 6500 convictions overturned : Law is Cool 2009
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"Your statement that I have disgraced my judgeship is true," Ciavarella wrote in a letter to the court.
Pennsylvania judges admit taking bribes to jail teenagers 2009
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