Kids for cash

  • Death

    Death
    Ed Kenakoski killed himself after all the following events happened to him following him being put in the prison
  • Again

    Again
    He was re-elected in 2005.
  • 95 percent

    95 percent
    millions of children are arrested every year in the US, 95% for non-violent crimes
  • Poor kids

    Poor kids
    There were 2,500 victims.
  • kids for cash

    kids for cash
    when a federal judge signed off on a settlement in which one of the businessmen Robert Powell would pay $4.75 million.
  • Problems

    Problems
    Every student sent there was different when they came out. It changed them in bad ways
  • Ciavarella convicted

    Ciavarella convicted
    Ciavarella was sentenced to 28 years in prison.
  • Erased

    Erased
    All the cases were dismissed and erased from their files.
  • Money

    Money
    Civarella made 2.2 million dollars off the kids he sent in.
  • No reason

    No reason
    Hillary Transue, 14, created a fake, humorous Myspace page about her school’s vice principal. Justin Bodnar, 12, cursed at another student’s mother. Ed Kenzakoski, 17, did nothing at all. And they were all sentenced to the prison.