Corruption in Luzerne County’s Judicial System

    We discuss corruption in Luzerne County’s judicial system where judges Mark Ciaverella and Michael Conahan have been charged by federal prosecutors with taking $2.6 million in kickbacks from youth detention centers. Our guests are MARSHA LEVICK, Deputy Director and Chief Counsel of the Juvenile Law Center and LAURENE TRANSUE, whose daughter was sent to a Wilderness camp in 2007 after appearing before Judge Ciavarella for mocking an assistant principal on a MySpace page. Listen to the mp3

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