"You get enough power and you’re bound to start abusing it, I suppose."
Frank Monaco, commenting about the judges in Pennsylvania who sent kids to jail for money. (Despite Red Flags, Judges Ran Kickback Scheme for Years - NYTimes.com) (via jeffmiller)
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The New York Times is only reporting half the story here. I want to know why the owners of the youth detention centers aren’t being charged with bribery. Could it be that one of the owners is Greg Zappala - the son of former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen Zappala Sr., and the brother of Allegheny County District Attorney Steven Zappala?
Sadly, it looks like the focus of this story will be the two corrupt judges - Ciavarella and Conahan - and not the absurdity of a corrupt system that allowes them to invest in incarceration and rewards those with political connections. Here are two articles if you want to investigate further:
http://tinyurl.com/ceby35 and http://tinyurl.com/d3s5ef
Frank Monaco, commenting about the judges in Pennsylvania who sent kids to jail for money. (Despite Red Flags, Judges Ran Kickback Scheme for Years - NYTimes.com) (via jeffmiller)
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The New York Times is only reporting half the story here. I want to know why the owners of the youth detention centers aren’t being charged with bribery. Could it be that one of the owners is Greg Zappala - the son of former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen Zappala Sr., and the brother of Allegheny County District Attorney Steven Zappala?
Sadly, it looks like the focus of this story will be the two corrupt judges - Ciavarella and Conahan - and not the absurdity of a corrupt system that allowes them to invest in incarceration and rewards those with political connections. Here are two articles if you want to investigate further:
http://tinyurl.com/ceby35 and http://tinyurl.com/d3s5ef
