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Former Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane may soon begin jail sentence
Source: Reuters
POLITICS NOVEMBER 27, 2018 / 10:31 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Former Pennsylvania attorney general may soon begin jail sentence
(Reuters) - Pennsylvania’s former top prosecutor Kathleen Kane could soon begin serving her jail sentence for perjury after the state’s Supreme Court denied her appeal, with prosecutors asking a judge on Tuesday to revoke bail.
A jury convicted Kane in 2016 of leaking secret grand jury information to the press to embarrass a former state prosecutor, and then lying about it to investigators. She was sentenced to serve 10 to 23 months in county jail.
Kane was the first woman and the first Democrat to be elected as Pennsylvania’s attorney general, a role that first became an elected office in 1980. She resigned two days after the conviction and was released on bail pending her appeal.
On Monday, the state Supreme Court denied Kane’s petition for an appeal hearing.
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Former Pennsylvania attorney general may soon begin jail sentence
(Reuters) - Pennsylvania’s former top prosecutor Kathleen Kane could soon begin serving her jail sentence for perjury after the state’s Supreme Court denied her appeal, with prosecutors asking a judge on Tuesday to revoke bail.
A jury convicted Kane in 2016 of leaking secret grand jury information to the press to embarrass a former state prosecutor, and then lying about it to investigators. She was sentenced to serve 10 to 23 months in county jail.
Kane was the first woman and the first Democrat to be elected as Pennsylvania’s attorney general, a role that first became an elected office in 1980. She resigned two days after the conviction and was released on bail pending her appeal.
On Monday, the state Supreme Court denied Kane’s petition for an appeal hearing.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pennsylvania-kane/former-pennsylvania-attorney-general-may-soon-begin-jail-sentence-idUSKCN1NW1ON