Two Pennsylvania judges pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of taking kickbacks in exchange for sending juvenile offenders to private detention facilities. Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan allegedly took $2.6 million in bribes and may have tainted the convictions of thousands of juvenile offenders. One 17-year-old girl who faced Ciavarella was given three months in a center for making a mock website that made fun of an assistant principal at her school. (Associated Press, New York Times)
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