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This undated photo provided by SenArt Films shows Robert May. May produced “Kids for Cash”, a film that explores the scandal that entangled thousands of children in Pennsylvania's juvenile court system and sent two former judges to prison. It is opening in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 before opening in theaters nationwide. (AP Photo/SenArt Films)
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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2009 file photo, former judge Mark Ciavarella, center, leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton, Pa. The film "Kids for Cash" set to open explores the scandal that entangled thousands of children in Pennsylvania's juvenile court system and sent two former judges to prison. Ciavarella is serving a 28-year sentence and fellow ex-judge Michael Conahan 17 years for taking $2.6 million from companies looking to build and fill a youth detention center for Luzerne County. (AP Photo/David Kidwell, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2009 file photo, Hillary Transue, who was sentenced to a wilderness camp for building a spoof MySpace page that lampooned her assistant principal, poses for a photograph in White Haven, Pa. Transue says she did not have an attorney, nor was she informed of her right to one, when she was sentenced by Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella. The film "Kids for Cash" set to open explores the scandal that entangled thousands of children in Pennsylvania's juvenile court system and sent two former judges to prison. Ciavarella is serving a 28-year sentence and fellow ex-judge Michael Conahan 17 years for taking $2.6 million from companies looking to build and fill a youth detention center for Luzerne County. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - This Feb. 6, 2009 file photo shows the privately owned PA Child Care youth detention center in Pittston, Pa. Prosecutors allege that Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella and a second jurist, Michael Conahan, took millions in kickbacks in return for guaranteeing the placement of juvenile offenders into youth lockups run by PA Child Care LLC and a sister company, Western PA Child Care LLC. The film "Kids for Cash" set to open explores the scandal that entangled thousands of children in Pennsylvania's juvenile court system and sent two former judges to prison. Ciavarella is serving a 28-year sentence and fellow ex-judge Conahan 17 years for taking $2.6 million from companies looking to build and fill a youth detention center for Luzerne County. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2009 file photo, Michael Conahan, center, leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton, Pa. The film "Kids for Cash" set to open explores the scandal that entangled thousands of children in Pennsylvania's juvenile court system and sent two former judges to prison. Mark Ciavarella is serving a 28-year sentence and fellow ex-judge Conahan is serving 17 years for taking $2.6 million from companies looking to build and fill a youth detention center for Luzerne County. (AP Photo/David Kidwell, File)
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In this undated still image from the film "Kids for Cash" provided by SenArt Films, Justin Bodnar is shown. The film, set to open Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 in Philadelphia before opening in theaters nationwide, explores the scandal that entangled thousands of children in Pennsylvania's juvenile court system and sent two former judges to prison. Bodnar was locked up for mouthing off to a woman at his school bus stop. (AP Photo/SenArt Films)
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In this undated still image from the film "Kids for Cash" provided by SenArt Films, former judge Mark Ciavarella is shown. The film, set to open Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 in Philadelphia before opening in theaters nationwide, explores the scandal that entangled thousands of children in Pennsylvania's juvenile court system and sent two former judges to prison. Ciavarella is serving a 28-year sentence and fellow ex-judge Michael Conahan 17 years for taking $2.6 million from companies looking to build and fill a youth detention center for Luzerne County. (AP Photo/SenArt Films)
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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2011 file photo, Sandy Fonzo of Wilkes-Barre, right, confronts former Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., as he leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton Pa. Fonzo's son, who was jailed when he was 17 by Ciavarella, committed suicide at the age of 23. The film "Kids for Cash" set to open Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 in Philadelphia before opening in theaters nationwide, explores the scandal that entangled thousands of children in Pennsylvania's juvenile court system and sent two former judges to prison. Ciavarella is serving a 28-year sentence and fellow ex-judge Michael Conahan 17 years for taking $2.6 million from companies looking to build and fill a youth detention center for Luzerne County. (AP Photo/The ScrantonTimes-Tribune, Michael J. Mullen, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows an unmanned drone used to patrol the U.S.-Canadian border. Fears of prying from the sky have some Minnesota lawmakers seeking clamps on law enforcement’s use of unmanned aerial drones to gather evidence. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, File)
