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(PA) State Sen. Jane Orie guilty on 14 counts, acquitted of 10
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Mar 28, 2012 09:39pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Paula Reed Ward |
| Media | Newspaper - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 27, 2012 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "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.
The jury of seven women and five men began deliberating Thursday afternoon. They have been sequestered since getting the case.
Saturday evening they reported to the judge that they had reached a "serious impasse."
Judge Jeffrey A. Manning instructed them to keep trying and denied a request by defense attorney William Costopoulos for a mistrial." |
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