The Importance of a Good Judge

Melanie Patrillo says she was 12 when she first went before C. Varela in juvenile court in 2002. On Monday, Patrillo testified that a visiting friend set a small fire in a garbage can outside her house. She was arrested and later taken to the former Lazarin County Juvenile Detention Center. The judge sent another girl, Elizabeth Laurent, to child care for 32 days after she was caught bringing opiate pills to school. Now he is booting her out of Camp Adams which is a PA juvenile camp.