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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Courts - More on "Ray Charles could see that signature was doctored"
This ILB entry from March 3, 2011, began:
According to this AP story, Pennsylvania state Sen. Jane Orie, R-Allegheny, 49 "and her sister, Janine Orie, 56, are charged with conspiring to use the senator's staff to do campaign work for a third sister, Joan Orie Melvin, who was elected to the state Supreme Court."The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story linked in the entry is still available, and contained one of my favorite photos of all-time, one I earlier described as "Shakespearean."
Today Howard Bashman of How Appealing, based in Pennsylvania, has an entry headed "Justice Joan Orie Melvin's sister faces four additional charges"," linking to stories in two Pittsburgh papers. As he writes:
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review contains an article that begins, "Allegheny County prosecutors filed new corruption charges on Friday against a sister of state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and painted a picture of a judicial office immersed in partisan politics for almost two decades."And today's edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains an article headlined "New charges filed against Janine Orie; Justice Melvin's staff offers testimony." The newspaper has also posted online the grand jury presentment and the criminal complaint.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 18, 2011 09:59 AM
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