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The Juvenile Law Center asks for the Supreme Court to investigate the large number of juveniles going before the Luzerne County judges without counsel. Their incarceration rate was more than double the state average.
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Ciavarella removes himself from juvenile court duties and admits he repeatedly failed to inform juveniles of their right to a counsel.
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The state Supreme Court denies the Juvenile Law Center's request for a review of Ciavarella's cases.
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Federal prosecuters announce the judges Ciavarella and Conahan will plead guilty to accepting $2.8 million from people involved with for-profit juvenile detention centers. The court removes them from their judicial duties.
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The Juvenile Law Center asks the Supreme Court to look at Ciavarella's cases again.
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The Supreme Court asks for Senior Berks County Judge Arthur E. Grim to review what happened.
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In the General Assembly, legislation is introduced to form the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice to investigate.
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Judge Grim recommends that all of Ciavarella's juvenile court sentences from 2003 to 2008 be vacated.
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The Interbranch Commission holds the first of eleven public hearings.
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The judges withdraw their guilty pleas when a federal judge rejects the 87 month prison sentences called in for their plea arguments. Then they indicted by a federal grand jury.
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The court adopts Grim's recommendation to vacate all juvenile court sentences.
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Prosecutures annouce Conahan's new plea agreement, while Ciavarella prepares for trial.
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The Interbranch Commission issues a report for legislators and the Supreme Court.
