Former Pennsylvania state Sen. Jane C. Orie has failed to convince a federal appeals court to throw out her convictions on charges related to having state employees do her campaign work and her subsequent forgery of evidence at trial.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday denied Orie’s request for habeas corpus. Orie was convicted of forgery, theft of services, and violations of the Pennsylvania Ethics Act and was sentenced in 2012 to two-and-a-half years to 10 years in prison. She was released in 2014 after serving the minimum.

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