Pa. high court: Save records of judicial scandal

[sasquatch]

Source: Associated Press

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The state Supreme Court bowed to pressure and abandoned its plan to destroy the records of thousands of juveniles who appeared before a corrupt judge between 2003 and 2008.

In a letter made public Monday, the high court said it now supports the preservation of as many as 6,500 juvenile court records that contain evidence of the scandal in northeastern Pennsylvania.

The court's decision will make it easier for youths to pursue federal claims against former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella, who was charged earlier this year with taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to put juvenile offenders in privately owned detention centers.



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Why the fuck would you have the records destroyed? The only purpose it serves is to cover up the crime to prevent the long overdue lawsuits from coming down.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Juvenile court records are routinely destroyed -

the thinking is that, after a certain amount of time has passed, the kids are entitled to absolutely security, beyond their records being sealed from public view.

In this case, though, they can't do the usual thing, since the judges so badly screwed them, and now they're potential evidence.............