Cooper Candy J.
Cooper Candy J. - Shackled A Tale Of Wronged Kids Rogue Judges And A Town That Looked Away - Hardcover
Cooper Candy J. - Shackled A Tale Of Wronged Kids Rogue Judges And A Town That Looked Away - Hardcover
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Description: Here is the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania a judicial justice miscarriage that sent more than 2,500 children and teens to a for - profit detention centre while two judges lined their pockets with cash as told by Candy J. Cooper an award - winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist. In the early 2000s Judge Mark Ciavarella and Judge Michael Conahan of Luzerne County Pennsylvania were known as no - nonsense judges. Juveniles who showed up in their courtrooms faced harsh words and even harsher sentencing. In the post - Columbine era many people believed that was just what the county needed to ensure its children and teens stayed on the straight and narrow path. But as more and more children faced shocking sentences for seemingly benign crimes and a newly built for - profit detention centre filled up further and further a sinister pattern of abuses and bribery emerged. Through extensive research and original reporting leading into contemporary times award - winning journalist Candy J. Cooper tells the story of a scandal that the Juvenile Law Center calls one of the largest and most serious violations of children's rights in the history of the American legal system.
Title: Shackled A Tale Of Wronged Kids Rogue Judges And A Town That Looked Away
Author(s): Cooper Candy J.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Barcode: 9781662620133
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 4/2/2024
Category: Work & Industry / World Of Work (Children's / Teenage)
Description: Here is the explosive story of the Kids for Cash scandal in Pennsylvania a judicial justice miscarriage that sent more than 2,500 children and teens to a for - profit detention centre while two judges lined their pockets with cash as told by Candy J. Cooper an award - winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist. In the early 2000s Judge Mark Ciavarella and Judge Michael Conahan of Luzerne County Pennsylvania were known as no - nonsense judges. Juveniles who showed up in their courtrooms faced harsh words and even harsher sentencing. In the post - Columbine era many people believed that was just what the county needed to ensure its children and teens stayed on the straight and narrow path. But as more and more children faced shocking sentences for seemingly benign crimes and a newly built for - profit detention centre filled up further and further a sinister pattern of abuses and bribery emerged. Through extensive research and original reporting leading into contemporary times award - winning journalist Candy J. Cooper tells the story of a scandal that the Juvenile Law Center calls one of the largest and most serious violations of children's rights in the history of the American legal system.
Title: Shackled A Tale Of Wronged Kids Rogue Judges And A Town That Looked Away
Author(s): Cooper Candy J.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Barcode: 9781662620133
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 4/2/2024
Category: Work & Industry / World Of Work (Children's / Teenage)
