Former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin will not need to send apologies written on photographs of herself in handcuffs to members of the state judiciary, the state Superior Court has ruled.
On Thursday, a unanimous three-judge Superior Court panel ruled to uphold Orie Melvin’s sentence on political corruption charges, but held that the portion of the sentence requiring her to send apology letters on photographs of herself in handcuffs to every member of the state judiciary was not allowed in the state Sentencing Code.
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