Former State Sen. Jane Orie Sentenced to Prison.

[femmocrat]

Jane Orie sentenced to prison
June 4, 2012 12:09 am
By Paula Reed Ward / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Former state Sen. Jane Orie was led away from the courtroom just after noon today by deputies with the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office after she was sentenced to spend 2-1/2 to 10 years in state prison for public corruption and forgery. As one deputy opened a handcuff to place on the wrists of the woman, Judge Jeffrey A. Manning waved him off, instead telling him to allow her to walk freely to the holding cell.

That show of compassion, though, did not stop the judge from ordering that the 50-year-old McCandless Republican immediately be taken into custody today instead of allowing her to self-report as her attorney, William Costopoulos, had requested.

The amount of restitution Orie will have to pay -- including whether she will have to repay the state for her defense -- will be decided within 30 days based on legal briefs not yet submitted.

Orie was convicted in March of five felonies and nine misdemeanor counts, including theft, ethics violations, conspiracy, forgery and tampering with evidence.

More at link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-north/jane-orie-sentenced-to-prison-638894/?print=1

Plus, she could be ordered to pay up to $1 million in restitution, according to local TV news.

[Ian David]

1. Jane Orie Orie Orie's goin' to jail jail jail! n/t

[napoleon_in_rags]

2. God bless the clean civil servants.

Courts, law enforcement, the rest. In these times we rely on them so much.

PEace.

[JPZenger]

3. Judge at sentencing: really bad for a former prosecutor to have submitted fake evidence in court

[HopeHoops]

4. All three of the Orie sisters look like angry women with unhappy childhoods who never had orgasms.

I have no sympathy for them. They knew what they were doing was illegal and I hope they all go to jail for it. Costopoulos is well known for taking on obviously guilty clients and he has a mixed record. I can't fathom why he would associate himself with these three.

[JPZenger]

5. District being moved to eastern Pa.

the district is expected to remain Republican in the next election. However, it will then be moved to eastern PA, because of statewide population shifts.