August 26, 2020
A Pennsylvania judge found guilty of taking bribes in exchange for supporting the construction of a juvenile detention center and ultimately sending young offenders to the facility lost his bid to reduce a 28-year sentence after a portion of his conviction was vacated two years ago.
March 18, 2020
A former state judge sentenced to 28 years in prison for his role in Pennsylvania's infamous "kids for cash" bribery scandal urged a federal judge Tuesday to reduce his sentence after the Third Circuit vacated a portion of his conviction due to ineffective counsel.
January 09, 2018
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday ordered a new trial on three counts for a former state judge convicted of taking bribes in exchange for supporting a private juvenile detention facility, but convictions on nine other charges will remain in place.
May 11, 2015
Federal prosecutors have fired back at former Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella's bid to upend a conviction on racketeering and bribery charges for his role in the state's infamous kids-for-cash scandal, arguing in a brief that he had not been the victim of ineffective legal counseling.
September 23, 2011
The second Pennsylvania judge involved in a $2.8 million "kids for cash" scheme was sentenced in federal court Friday to 17 1/2 years in prison for directing juvenile offenders to private detention facilities in exchange for cash from contractors.
August 11, 2011
Former Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison and about $1.2 million in restitution for his part in a $2.8 million bribery, kickback and extortion scheme to steer juvenile offenders from the public system to new private detention centers.