Overview
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning ""Philadelphia Inquirer"" reporter William Ecenbarger comes the expose of a shocking scandal that ruined thousands of young lives--in paperback for the first time. As the ""Boston Globe"" wrote, ""The story is incredible: Thousands of children wrongfully sentenced to juvenile detention centers, many without legal representation and after cursory hearings, by two rogue judges in northern Pennsylvania who received millions of dollars in bribes from the private institutions' owners."" The story has all the elements of a true-crime legal thriller--mafia connections, colorful characters, corruption--and was made into a documentary of the same title, released in theaters in 2014.
Full Product Details
Author: William Ecenbarger
Publisher: The New Press
Imprint: The New Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 20.90cm
Weight: 0.326kg
ISBN: 9781620970409
ISBN 10: 1620970406
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 16 October 2014
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A harrowing tale, lucidly told. -- The New York Times Book Review A gripping story, too unbelievable to be fiction. -- Foreword Reviews A colorful and gripping account of the two judges' corruption and downfall. This book is a page-turner. -- Pennsylvania Lawyer William Ecenbarger's Kids for Cash takes the reader deep inside a profoundly flawed legal system, revealing the twisted and haunted realities of America's juvenile justice system. -- Palo Verde Valley Times A well-researched, insightful expose of corruption in the juvenile justice system: a must-read for those interested in social justice, court reform and children's rights. -- Citizens Voice
A harrowing tale, lucidly told. -- The New York Times Book Review A gripping story, too unbelievable to be fiction. -- Foreword Reviews A colorful and gripping account of the two judges' corruption and downfall. This book is a page-turner. -- Pennsylvania Lawyer William Ecenbarger's Kids for Cash takes the reader deep inside a profoundly flawed legal system, revealing the twisted and haunted realities of America's juvenile justice system. -- Palo Verde Valley Times A well-researched, insightful expose of corruption in the juvenile justice system: a must-read for those interested in social justice, court reform and children's rights. -- Citizens Voice
A harrowing tale, lucidly told. <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> A gripping story, too unbelievable to be fiction. <i>Foreword Reviews</i> A colorful and gripping account of the two judges corruption and downfall. This book is a page-turner. <i>Pennsylvania Lawyer</i> William Ecenbarger s <i>Kids for Cash</i> takes the reader deep inside a profoundly flawed legal system, revealing the twisted and haunted realities of America s juvenile justice system. <i>Palo Verde Valley Times</i> A well-researched, insightful expose of corruption in the juvenile justice system: a must-read for those interested in social justice, court reform and children s rights. <i>Citizens Voice</i>
A harrowing tale, lucidly told. -The New York Times Book Review A gripping story, too unbelievable to be fiction. -Foreword Reviews A colorful and gripping account of the two judges' corruption and downfall. This book is a page-turner. -Pennsylvania Lawyer William Ecenbarger's Kids for Cash takes the reader deep inside a profoundly flawed legal system, revealing the twisted and haunted realities of America's juvenile justice system. -Palo Verde Valley Times A well-researched, insightful expose of corruption in the juvenile justice system: a must-read for those interested in social justice, court reform and children's rights. -Citizens Voice
Author Information
William Ecenbarger was part of a ""Philadelphia Inquirer"" reporting team that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. Once an international correspondent for ""Reader's Digest,"" he has been published in the ""Washington Post,"" the ""Los Angeles Times,"" ""Smithsonian Magazine,"" ""Esquire,"" ""Audubon,"" and other leading newspapers and magazines. He is also the author of ""Walkin' the Line,"" a travel-history narrative about the Mason-Dixon Line. He lives with his wife, a travel photographer, in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
