The Truth About Judge Chiverella

On a monday in late january, two thousand nine, the news broke. The reason judge chiverella had been so cavalier about sentencing kids was that he and another lucern county judge named michael connahan had been getting paid for it since two thousand two according to court filing submitted by the government. This is how it started. In exchange for their co operation, the man would pay finders fees. They become shareholders, part owners in the detention facility that they would keep stocked with children. Over the course of six years, from the time the deal was struck until the time chivarella left the court, they received more than two point six million dollars in kickbacks