Prosecutors have requested consecutive prison sentences for Kathleen Kane, after the former Pennsylvania attorney general was convicted of perjury, official oppression and related crimes in August. Kane, meanwhile, has asked to be placed on probation, having been sufficiently “humbled and embarrassed” by her convictions.
In a sentencing memo filed Tuesday morning, Kane’s attorney said she has lived a life “dedicated to merciful acts,” and asked Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy for “mercy in return.” The memo touted Kane’s “courageous” decision not to defend Pennsylvania’s statute barring same-sex marriage, her creation of a mobile street crimes unit to address the heroin epidemic and her expansion of the Office of Attorney General’s child predator section, suggesting the good she did in public service should outweigh her crimes.
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