Judge, Mark A. Ciavarella Jr

Review the case of Judge, Mark A. Ciavarella Jr.

Your case description and analysis should include:

Statement of the Relevant Facts:
a description of the case, including significant events, participants, damages or consequences to the government or organization and or individuals, statutes or codes of ethics, and dates and information that are relevant to your analysis.

Analysis of the case:
Statement of the Relevant Facts
Ethics Perspective (#1)
Accountability Perspective (#2)
Prevention (#3)
Economics, Consequences and Outcomes (#4)
Minimum of 3 most developable from the remaining perspectives. (Students may develop all the perspectives.)
The prevention perspective is especially important. When preparing that perspective, you must propose at least three remedial policy options; compare their relative worth based on political, administrative, financial, equity and effectiveness factors; choose the best option; and explain your choice.

A listing of references, including document sources (with links to documents on the web), interviews, and literature citations, if any. (An appendix containing documents would also be appreciated so that the case may be considered for assignment in future classes.)

Your paper should clearly describe and analyze your research, demonstrate your understanding of the issues and course concepts, and use appropriate literature. If you quote any written material, be sure that the quote is accurate, use quotation marks, and properly attribute the quotation to the author and source. Similarly, if you refer to a concept or if you paraphrase an author, be sure to attribute the source.

Your case description and analysis should not exceed 15 pages, exclusive of any appendices, and must be double-spaced, using 12-point type and one-inch margins.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

The paper analyzes the legal proceeding of a case filed against a former state judge Mark Ciavarella. The due process and the case laws used are analyzed to understand the root cause of the offenses involved. Mark was found guilty for twelve cases by a jury at Pennsylvania middle district court due to offenses such as filing of false tax, money laundering conspiracy, honest services mail fraud, racketeering among others. The outcome of this case is what is referred to as the Kids for cash conspiracy…