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Civil cases against judges involve emotional suffering

WILKES-BARRE - There's the 16-year-old boy charged with driving without a license and presenting false identification to police in 2007. He was jailed for eight months, and during that time the court garnisheed a $598 Social Security survivor's check he had been receiving since his father's death.

Luzerne County judge Mark Ciavarella leaves the courthouse in this file photo. He was one of two judges indicted on charges of receiving kickbacks. (Pamela Suchy/Times Tribune/AP file photo)
Luzerne County judge Mark Ciavarella leaves the courthouse in this file photo. He was one of two judges indicted on charges of receiving kickbacks. (Pamela Suchy/Times Tribune/AP file photo)Read more
    by William Ecenbarger, For The Inquirer
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