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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY FEB 25 AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 9, 2017 photo, Hilary Transue, with her dog Buddy. Buddy was adopted by her mother while Hilary was in jail as one of the juveniles imprisoned by Kids for Cash judge Mark Ciavarella. The White Haven native, now 25, graduated in January from Wilkes University with a second master's degree, in fine arts. She was hired recently as an adjunct English professor at Widener University. (Mark Moran/The Times &amp; Tribune via AP)

Teen recovers after courthouse kickbacks scandal

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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 met with Lauren Ciavarella Stahl the daughter of disgraced judge Mark Ciavarella who is serving a 28-year prison term for taking secret &quot;finder's fees&quot; from juvenile center officials in northeast Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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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 &quot;Kids for Cash&quot; 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)

Film explores ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal in Pa.

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