Former Attorney-General goes to prison
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kane was convicted of two counts of felony perjury and seven misdemeanors including obstruction and conspiracy1 in order to ensure justice prevailed a pennsylvania judge has ordered the commonwealths former attorney general to report to prison by 9 a.m. thursday more than two years after she was convicted for leaking grand jury information and lying about it1 given that the rationale for the defendant remaining at liberty pending appeal has expired post-sentence bail is revokedjudge wendy demchick-alloy write in ordering kane to report tothe montgomery county correctional facility.demchick-alloy formally directed the lackawanna county sheriff to serve a copy of her order on kane who lives in scranton1 kanes lawyer joshua lock has not responded to multiple messages seeking comment1 the montgomery county district attorneys office formally requested the order earlier tuesday arguing the supreme court decision was the end of the legal road for kane1 two different appellate courts have reviewed her case yet her judgment of sentence remains1 she received a fair trial her guilt was proven beyond a reasonable doubt and now it is time for her to serve her sentence district attorney kevin steele wrote1 democrat kathleen kane 52 had been free on 75000 bail while she appealed her 10-to-23-month sentence. the state supreme court announced monday that it had declined to take up her case1 the first woman and first democrat to be elected as pennsylvanias attorney general kane resigned from office after her october 2016 conviction1 she had argued before superior court that she should have been allowed to use evidence of a pornographic email scandal that rocked the states judicial community as well as evidence related to the jerry sandusky child molestation case that her former office prosecuted1 steeles bail revocation motion to demchick-alloy anticipated that kane may have argued the judge had discretion to keep kane out on bail while she seeks further state review1 the district attorney said that was only possible under a motion for the high court to reconsider its decision turning down her appeal which he said could not be done simply to delay the sentence1 he said a reconsideration application only could have been for delay purposes1 the pennsylvania supreme courts denial of discretionary review should be considered the conclusion of kanes avenues for direct appeal in state court steele argued1 the lower appeals court alsorejected kanes argumentthat she should have been allowed to prevent all montgomery county judges from handling her case as well as her claims that evidence against her was illegally obtained and that she had been the victim of selective and vindictive prosecution1