Federal investigators in the Luzerne County judicial corruption probe are said to be looking at whether two indicted former judges may have helped fix criminal cases, sources have told The Legal .
An investigation by The Legal has turned up at least three criminal cases in which individuals with ties to the corruption probe or with either political or personal ties to former Judges Michael T. Conahan and Mark A. Ciavarella appeared in front of them and received relatively light sentences. In several instances, the bulk of the charges were either dismissed or nolle prossed.
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