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🫢 [VIDEO] - Judges SOLD Kids To Prisons. Until I Caught Them. | Marsha Levick • #131
24 Dec 2022
Marsha Levick is an attorney, law professor and youth justice expert. Marsha founded The Juvenile Law Center in 1975 –– where she has worked on many cases over the years on behalf of child rights –– none more famous than her work exposing the horrific Kids For Cash Scandal in Luzerne County PA. The racket involved two elected judges who accepted cash kickbacks from private prisons in exchange for children (who were improperly found guilty of minor offenses that warranted no prison time). ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Kids For Cash Basic Facts; Ciavarella and Conahan shut down old prison 10:02 - The Private Prison Industry 15:20 - How Ciavorella & Conahan got started 20:10 - Ciavarella locks up teenage girl for MySpace Account 27:13 - The trauma kids suffer in prison; Ciavarella ran on locking kids up 34:44 - The public defenders & prosecutors were compromised 42:06 - Marsha files Supreme Court Petition & the FBI calls 51:01 - How did the judges get away with it for so long? 58:07 - Ciavarella & Conahan Case Results 1:05:10 - The sad story of the Ciavarella victim who committed su1c1de 1:14:11 - The Ethan Crumbley Schoo1 Shootter Case 1:22:14 - How Marsha would fix legal system today; Pandemic crime trends 1:28:25 - Gun regulation 1:32:11 - The story of the father who forgave his son’s killer 1:37:04 - The Incarceration Rate in America 1:45:19 - Current cases Marsha is working on Intro Credits: “Instant Family” (2018) “Dead Presidents” (1995) “The Guest” (2014) “Scarface” (1983) “Fracture” (2007) ~ Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “TRENDIFIER”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Music via Artlist.io
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