Panel issues report on ways to overhaul juvenile justice system in Pa
May 27, 2010, AMY WORDEN AND TRISH WILSON, Philadelphia Inquirer
In a harsh and devastating report, a commission set up to investigate the "kids for cash" scandal in Pennsylvania's Luzerne County issued far-reaching recommendations Thursday aimed at overhauling the state's juvenile justice system. More than half of its 66-page report recounts how the scandal unfolded, drawing on testimony and court transcripts to show the suffering of thousands of young victims and their families. "We had judges who if they weren't criminal they were incompetent. We had…
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