Cleland to Talk About 'Kids for Cash'

RadioPA’s Matt Paul reports that federal prosecutors say former Luzerne County Judge Ciavarella and former county President Judge Michael Conahan received payments from the builder and co-owner of two juvenile detention facilities in a $2.8 million Kids for Cash scheme which prompted the state Supreme Court to throw out thousands of convictions.

While on the stand, Ciavarella admitted accepting "finder's fees" from a developer but not bribes.

Conahan has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing.

Judge John Cleland will be talking about the Kids For Cash scandal at 7 o’clock tonight in the Bromeley Family Theater.

Cleland was chairman of the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice, which investigated what Cleland called “the breathtaking collapse of the juvenile justice system in Luzerne County.”

Comments

Anonymous said…
Too Bad This Program Is TONIGHT! A Better Time Would Have Been A SATURDAY Afternoon, So SENIORS Could Have Attended This! John Cleland IS A Great SPEAKER/Presenter! Hope This WILL Be Videotaped By Someone at UPB.

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