Honesty and justice are words that describe integrity and character of an individual. The
word honesty by its virtue, describes an individual or an entity that doesn’t lie, cheat, steal, or
abuse to get ahead for personal or professional gain. In his book Kids for Cash, William
Ecenbarger describes the scandal of Judge Mark Ciavarella, who adjudicated children to
extended stays in youth centers for offenses as minimal as mocking a principal on Myspace,
trespassing in a vacant building, or shoplifting DVDs from Wal-mart. Stripping rights off
of young children a judge who never lived up to his title.
The justice system in the book Kids for Cash proved to be used unfairly and used the law in
an improper way. In William Ecenbarger’s book, Kids for Cash …show more content…
Ecenbarger explains the case of Angelina who had her rights
violated because judge Ciavarella was going to use her case as an example for others.
Fourteen year old Angelina gets in trouble for posting a sign that says “ vote for Michael
Jackson” on five stop signs with a black marker. Angelina got eighty-six counts of vandalism
in defacing public property. Ecenbarger states, “ nevertheless, the judge said that even
though it had not been proven that the girls had defaced all 86 stop signs he was going to use
them as an example to deter others. He ordered them shackled and taken away by juvenile
probation officers’’( 7). Because of this Angelina faced psychological effects in isolation
causing her to have a high stress level which resulted in a seizure. This punishment affected
angelina and many like her because of this they lost their hopes and dreams.
Children trusted the justice system, but it turned against them. Almost all of the kids who
had their civil rights abused, had their trust in it demolished. According to Ecenbarger in
word honesty by its virtue, describes an individual or an entity that doesn’t lie, cheat, steal, or
abuse to get ahead for personal or professional gain. In his book Kids for Cash, William
Ecenbarger describes the scandal of Judge Mark Ciavarella, who adjudicated children to
extended stays in youth centers for offenses as minimal as mocking a principal on Myspace,
trespassing in a vacant building, or shoplifting DVDs from Wal-mart. Stripping rights off
of young children a judge who never lived up to his title.
The justice system in the book Kids for Cash proved to be used unfairly and used the law in
an improper way. In William Ecenbarger’s book, Kids for Cash …show more content…
Ecenbarger explains the case of Angelina who had her rights
violated because judge Ciavarella was going to use her case as an example for others.
Fourteen year old Angelina gets in trouble for posting a sign that says “ vote for Michael
Jackson” on five stop signs with a black marker. Angelina got eighty-six counts of vandalism
in defacing public property. Ecenbarger states, “ nevertheless, the judge said that even
though it had not been proven that the girls had defaced all 86 stop signs he was going to use
them as an example to deter others. He ordered them shackled and taken away by juvenile
probation officers’’( 7). Because of this Angelina faced psychological effects in isolation
causing her to have a high stress level which resulted in a seizure. This punishment affected
angelina and many like her because of this they lost their hopes and dreams.
Children trusted the justice system, but it turned against them. Almost all of the kids who
had their civil rights abused, had their trust in it demolished. According to Ecenbarger in