SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - February 12, 2009
Prosecutors say Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella and
Michael Conahan took $2.6 million in payoffs to put juvenile
offenders in lockups run by PA Child Care LLC and a sister company,
Western PA Child Care LLC. The judges were charged on Jan. 26 and
removed from the bench by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court shortly
afterward.
The judges are scheduled to plead guilty to two counts of fraud.
Their plea agreements call for sentences of more than seven years
in prison. They are expected to remain free pending sentencing.
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