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femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 10:15 PM Mar 2012

State Senator Jane Orie (Allegheny Co.) found guilty of multiple counts of corruption.

State Sen. Jane Orie guilty on 14 counts, acquitted of 10
By Paula Reed Ward / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

An Allegheny County jury convicted state Sen. Jane Orie today of 14 of the 24 counts in her public corruption trial and acquitted the McCandless Republican of others after five days of deliberation.

The jury found Ms. Orie guilty of multiple counts of theft of services, conflict of interest, ethics violations, tampering with evidence and forgery, and a single count of conspiracy.

Ms. Orie was found not guilty of counts of perjury, obstruction of justice and election code violations. The jury also found her not guilty on counts related to her sister, state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin.

The guilty verdicts jeopardize her seat in Harrisburg and her state pension.

More at link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-north/orie-jury-to-announce-verdict-at-545-pm-628125/?print=1
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State Senator Jane Orie (Allegheny Co.) found guilty of multiple counts of corruption. (Original Post) femmocrat Mar 2012 OP
Hope she gets the full penalty for those felonies livetohike Mar 2012 #1
She is on house arrest, awaiting sentencing. femmocrat Mar 2012 #2

livetohike

(22,116 posts)
1. Hope she gets the full penalty for those felonies
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 01:02 PM
Mar 2012

and they should toss the whole corrupt family in jail too .

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
2. She is on house arrest, awaiting sentencing.
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 09:58 PM
Mar 2012

I heard today that she will probably appeal. She won't go away quietly, IMO.

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