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Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.

Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal,

a story about two judges who stood accused of making millions of dollars

in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless children.

Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Here we are.

So we're at Ale Branch, the church that I grew up in for three years.

This is the house that I lived in.

This is probably not a door I want to open.

I just, I don't, I don't know if I could handle being in there.

Knowing what happened.

My name is Jessie. My hair is pink. I decided to change my hair.

I also changed my name to Jessie.

Jessica, I no longer wanted that name because she was a very sad,

lonely, angry little girl and I just didn't want that anymore.

When I was a young child I lived with my mom and my dad and then there was me the oldest,

my middle sister, Janelle and then there was my little sister, Jolene.

My dad died when I was five years old. After my dad had died, my mom married Bob Pelley

and Bob had become a minister because my stepdad was the minister of the church. We lived in the

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