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<DIV><FONT size=2>From <EM>The Spokesman-Review</EM>:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=abody><B>Ex-judge guilty of racketeering</B></SPAN><SPAN
class=abody><B> <BR><BR>SCRANTON, PA.</B></SPAN><SPAN class=abody> – A former
juvenile court judge who sent large numbers of children to detention centers was
convicted Friday of racketeering for taking a $1 million kickback from the
builder of the for-profit lockups, in what prosecutors said was a “kids for
cash” scheme that ranks among the biggest courtroom frauds in U.S.
history.<BR><BR>Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella, 61, left the bench
in disgrace two years ago after he and a second judge, Michael Conahan, were
accused of using juvenile delinquents as pawns in a plot to get rich.<BR><BR>The
Pennsylvania Supreme Court has dismissed 4,000 juvenile convictions issued by
Ciavarella, saying he sentenced young offenders without regard for their
constitutional rights.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow, ID
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