An incredible story that I somehow missed last week: ". . . former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella was convicted Friday of racketeering in a $2.8 million "kids for cash" plot to send youth offenders to for-profit detention centers owned by his friends."
Sandy Fonzo's son committed suicide after being sentenced to one of those programs on a first-time offense for possession of drug paraphernalia. At the Courthouse door, in full view of reporters, Ms. Fonzo confronted the legal scumbag who put her son on that particular road to perdition-on-earth . . . and who, after his own conviction, was allowed to go home with his daughter under house arrest.
I know her permeating-the-very-core-of-your-being sorrow over a loved one lost to suicide.
I also know her rage against a corrupt legal system - where "justice" only works for the moneyed and connected. I know what she means about just existing . . . and about living a "sentence" imposed by people who have no conscience . . . who couldn't care less about the damage they've done.
This woman is my hero.
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