Kids for Cash: Two Judges, Thousands of Children, and a $2.8 Million Kickback Scheme
- ISBN-10
- 1595586849
- ISBN-13
- 9781595586841
- Category
- Bribery
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Author
- William Ecenbarger
Description
Investigates the "kids for cash" scandal that saw Judge Mark A. Ciavarella hand down unusually harsh sentences to delinquent teenagers, ordering that they be sent to a detention facility in which he had a financial stake.
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