CRAWFORD COUNTY, Pa. — Former state Sen. Jane Orie emerged a free woman from the state prison in Crawford County a little after 6 a.m. Sunday, 20 months after being sentenced on public corruption charges, a spokeswoman said.
The Republican and former majority whip served her time at the all-female prison in Cambridge Springs.
Allegheny County Common Pleas President Judge Jeffrey A. Manning sentenced Orie, 52, of McCandless to 21/2 to 10 years in June 2012 for using her legislative staff to campaign for her sister, former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin.
A jury in May convicted Melvin, 57, of Marshall for using her Superior Court staff and resources to campaign for a seat on the state's highest court in 2003 and 2009.
The jury convicted a third sister, Janine Orie, 59, of McCandless for helping her sisters commit their crimes.
All three are appealing their convictions.
This article was written by Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE.
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