Pa. High Court Dismisses Juvenile Convictions
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has dismissed thousands of juvenile convictions issued by a judge involved in a corruption scandal. The convictions were thrown out because the juveniles on trial did not get fair hearings, officials said Tuesday. More than five years’ worth of cases were thrown out, all of which were heard by disgraced former Judge Mark Ciavarella. Ciavarella is charged with accepting millions of dollars in kickbacks to send youths to detention centers.
The Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center said the court’s order covers over six and a half thousand cases. Retrials were barred by the Supreme Court justices for all but a fraction of the cases. “This is exactly the relief these kids needed,” said Marsha Levick, the center’s legal director. “It’s the most serious judicial corruption scandal in our history and the court took an extraordinary step in addressing it.”
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