Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has announced her resignation, effective Wednesday, on the heels of her criminal conviction. She was found guilty Monday of two felony counts of perjury and seven misdemeanors for leaking grand jury documents to a reporter and lying about it under oath.

“I have been honored to serve the people of Pennsylvania and I wish them health and safety in all their days,” Kane said in a statement.

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