The "Cash for Kids" Victims just Won a $206 Million Damage Award (Patreon)

The "Cash for Kids" Victims just Won a $206 Million Damage Award

In 2008, judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were convicted of accepting money in return for imposing harsh adjudications on juveniles to increase occupancy at the PA Child Care for-profit detention centers. They "violated the rights of as many as 6000 young people by denying them basic rights to counsel and handing down outrageously excessive sentences. The lives of these young people and their families were changed forever." "[W]e hope that by listening to their experiences and acknowledging the depth of the damage done to their lives, we can provide them with a measure of closure and, with this memorandum opinion, ensure that their stories are never forgotten." More about the Cash for Kids scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal The Opinion is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cash-for-kids-70658112 Photo credit to Vasiliymeshko: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LuzerneCountyCourthouseRiverCommons.jpg Continue the discussion with the Lawful Masses Discord Community: https://discord.gg/SpC2utzr56 Support Lawful Masses! patreon.com/ljfrench sponsus.com/law THANK YOU SUPPORTERS! August 2022 $50+ Supporters: John Steel, Eevi, Spirit Bear, Benjamin Hitov, Ugly Grill, torpedan, Gutbrodj, PureMagma, Eric Tams, TechTechPotato, The Blood Soaked Survivors, Wyatt Calandro, King Aires, Kyle Siefring August 2022 $5+ Supporters: Christoph Bolliger, Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Dustin Rodriguez, Josué Vicioso, Cindy Campbell, Brian Flowers, Mark Curtis, Lazy Wolf, EvoGamer, tdis8629, admalledd, amelius, Meaningless, Aethero Toland, Nick Bush, John Swanson, matthew beller, Priscilla Astling, Schi-Schi, Kreachers, khagerou, Dawn Massaro Guy, wrozmo, Bee Geiger, Rita Loy, Medeka, robfrawley, Ryan Paul, David Zaslavsky, Christian Ullrich, Roger Chen, Brian Roush, Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, Lydia Collinson, HotGrillsInYourArea, JH, Stephen Bank, Tron Bårdgård, Mark Randall, Sarah Gerweck, Matthew East, Pat Delaney, Mario Bonales, Euchale, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Omega, Sokar117, Jonathan Robillard, Amanda Gillies, Justin Waddell, Nathaniel, Tony Cruickshank, Druid, Jason Lingle, Zzyzx Wolfe, Kasaryth, Oisin Creaner, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Stephen Christopher, TEEKAY, Stefan Persson, CombatZAK, Jaimeson LaLone, Alexander Sihn, Naomi Pool, Andrew Reid, Gregory Ford, EnvyingWrath, Brody Eastwood, sehro, Brian Rossman, FunnyHats, Dzyan, Chris Lindsay, Albert Demello, Rico Robbins, Darkwolf, John Peter, Kai Raphahn, Kean, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams, Si Wellings, Jessica Pearson, LbxAni, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., majikthise, foonix, TheEuphoGuy, Brian, Matthew Bertrand, Jack Draak, DyneOnline, Eye_Make_Stuff, Nick Rowland, Timothy James Dodd, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Lewis, Kat Willhite, Komrade Kettenkrad, Matt Arnold, DreamerDon, Alan Nise, anton.molyboha, The Disturbed Angel, Elliott Ingram, AnnoyedRook, itheoryon, cwestpha, Eric Woodley, Raindrop Works, Liryca, Logan Stromberg, scj643, eyebrows360, Chris Connett, Haplo, Michael Ciesielski, Chris Hilliard, Tesserakt, Travus, Greg, Q Squared, Jason Glaesemann, Eric Barker, Jeffrey Cash, Gef the Mongoose, toadbear, Gergely Varju, DrJKL, Lawrence Groupe, Michael, pizzafourlife, DrakeDT, Andrew Venier, Bill Tonnies, Rabid Ronin, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, Katrina Middleton, ChaoQueen, Zendane, varia, jag1110, Alisdair Meredith, Bill Somerville, jak_ub, WarrantyVoid, Mike Dunford, Kasper Brandt, Peter Huston, RunsWhenChased, ricin, Fubar, James Oxford, rcmaehl, Warren Rumak, Evan Davis, JohnSwanson, Michael Stokes-Byrne, c, Jorge Vittes, Nate Gray, Tony Webster, Ross, Dustin Bosveld, Tymorus, Bryan Lubeck, PinkFluffyTeddyBear, Paul, Rodney Nelson, Thedougler303, Tom Paris did nothing wrong, Rovert09, Ivan Chepurnyi, Rob Voisey, Kris Hetzel, Negligibly Negative, Maarten Wisman, Christina B, Robert Z, sean murphy, Matthew E, OsculatingPlane, Landon Noll, jsteelkw, Thomas Richard Tetreault, Justin Bassett-Green, Ryan Schott, Richard Margolin, casimireffect, Zoonist, CostlyFiddle, XPEric, Robert Maehl, Laura Hertzman, balayanr, zensalad, Jennifer and David Brock, Andrew LePlatt, David LeBlanc, void, Wolfendragoon, Foxtrek_64, Tyy_, Blueberry Hill, Kantorock, AvaGlass, massimo, Andrew, A Baked Potato, Aaron Harvey, Learethak, Emily, Chess Gale, Dave Meyers, jSON, TheAmazingDave, Dood Monkey, Jabberwoky69, zoulnix 00:00 - The Cash for Kids scandal - Introduction 02:11 - This Lawsuit 03:21 - Pertinent Facts 07:11 - Juvenile Court Stats 09:27 - Pennsylvania's Juvenile Act 10:59 - In Ciavarella's Courtroom 17:39 - Senseless Placements 20:39 - The Consequences of Detention 28:22 - Post-Detention Consequences 37:26 - Compensatory Damages 43:59 - Punitive Damages 48:21 - Court's Conclusion 49:59 - Leonard Thoughts