CBS News (02/09) -Corrupt Penn. Judges Admit Jailing Kids For Cash Kickback Scheme. CORRUPT JUDGES JAILING KIDS FOR CASH… Corruption doesn’t stop with the government, Wall Street and Washington. It’s spreading through to the judicial system. The latest (as far as we know) is a story from Pennsylvania where two elected judges received kickbacks for jailing kids in a detention center for cash. Granted, some of the offenses should have resulted in some kind of punishment, but the story of a 15 year-old girl being sent to a wilderness camp for mocking an assistant principal on her MySpace page. Give me a break! It sure must be tough to be a kid today, and even tougher to be a parent… Pennsylvania rocked by ‘jailing kids for cash’ scandal By Stephanie Chen CNN (CNN) — At a friend’s sleepover more than a year ago, 14-year-old Phillip Swartley pocketed change from unlocked vehicles in the neighborhood to buy chips and soft drinks. The cops caught him. Hillary Transue was 15 when she appeared before a judge, accused of mocking a principal on MySpace. Hillary Transue was 15 when she appeared before a judge, accused of mocking a principal on MySpace. There was no need for an attorney, said Phillip’s mother, Amy Swartley, who thought at most, the judge would slap her son with a fine or community service. But she was shocked to find her eighth-grader handcuffed and shackled in the courtroom and sentenced to a youth detention center. Then, he was shipped to a boarding school for …
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