NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced on Monday to serve 10 to 23 months in county jail for leaking confidential grand jury information and then lying about it to investigators.

Kane, 50, the first woman and first Democrat ever elected Pennsylvania attorney general, was convicted in August on charges of perjury, false swearing, obstruction of justice, official oppression and conspiracy. She resigned two days after the jury in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas handed down its verdict.

In addition, Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy sentenced Kane to eight years of probation.

“A lesser sentence will depreciate the seriousness of the crimes of this defendant,” she said.

Kane, who intends to appeal her conviction, had faced a maximum sentence of 24 years in state prison.

Her lawyer, Marc Steinberg, was not available to comment after the hearing.

Kane was accused of giving information from a grand jury proceeding in 2013 to a Philadelphia Daily News reporter to retaliate against a former state prosecutor, Frank Fina. She believed he had told the Philadelphia Inquirer about her decision to drop prosecution of a case Fina had developed against six black Democratic legislators in Philadelphia.

Grand juries play an important role in the U.S. criminal justice system by deciding if a prosecutor has enough evidence to bring charges against a suspect. Secret deliberations encourage witnesses to speak without fear of retaliation and to protect the reputation of suspects when the jury decides against recommending charges.

Witnesses for the prosecution said the Kane investigation had brought havoc to the attorney general’s office.

“Today is another sad day for the Commonwealth and its citizens,” Bruce Beemer, who replaced Kane, said in a statement after the sentencing.

“The Office of Attorney General is moving forward with steps to restore the public’s confidence in the work that we do and the way that we do it,” he said without specifying his office’s plans.

Kane is the second Pennsylvania attorney general in the past quarter-century to be convicted of crimes committed in office. In 1995, Attorney General Ernie Preate pleaded guilty to mail fraud and served a prison sentence.

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More than 25 friends and members of Kane’s family attended the hearing to show support. Several, including Kane’s son Christopher, 15, testified as character witnesses on her behalf.

Frank DeAndrea, a former police chief of Hazleton, told the judge that sending Kane to prison could amount to a death sentence if drug lords she helped convict retaliate.

Demchick-Alloy said Kane had assumed that risk when she decided to commit crimes.</s>(CNN) Back in August, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane resigned from office in disgrace after being convicted of multiple felonies stemming from a politically-motivated act of retribution.

Now a judge will decide whether her abuse of her elected office was enough to send her to prison.

Kane, who will appear in court for sentencing Monday, faces a prison sentence of up to two years for perjury and obstruction, according to a brief obtained by the Legal Intelligencer.

An attorney representing Kane told CNN affiliate KYW that she has deep remorse for violating the trust of Pennsylvania residents. But the attorney said a prison sentence wouldn't be necessary because the loss of her position and law career was punishment enough.

Prosecutors, however, said that her crimes -- which have tarnished the attorney general's office and ruined an activist's life in the process -- warranted time behind bars.

Four years ago, Kane, a former assistant district attorney in Lackawanna County, defeated Republican David Freed as a political rookie.

That's where the trouble started. The article outlined an investigation launched by Kane's predecessor, former Chief Deputy Attorney General Frank G. Fina, into politicians caught in a sting accepting local bribes. In emails cited in the complaint, an irate Kane vowed to wage "war" with Fina, a criminal complaint later said.

After the article, Kane leaked sealed, confidential grand jury documents conducted under Fina that looked into whether J. Wyatt Mondesire, the former leader of the NAACP's Philadelphia chapter, misused grant money, the complaint said. Fina's investigation never lead to criminal charges against Mondesire, the complaint said.

'No one is above the law'

Ferman also alleged that Kane after had lied under oath to a grand jury about leaking the grand jury documents to reporters in order to cover her tracks.

Kane, though, strongly denied the allegations ahead of the trial -- even as Democrats like Gov. Tom Wolf urged her resignation.

Soon enough, a jury found Kane guilty of felony counts of perjury and obstruction. She resigned that same week.

"It seemed that we had somebody who felt that she was above the law, and that's not the case because no one is above the law," Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said following the trial. "We are a very honorable profession here. We have rules that we have to abide by and there are no exceptions to that."

Wolf nominated Bruce Beemer, a former Kane deputy who testified against her, to become attorney general.

Prosecutors: Kane should go to jail

On Monday morning, a judge will determine whether Kane must serve time behind bars, remain under house arrest, or simply get probation.

In Kane's sentencing memo, her attorney argued to the judge that the former attorney general has been punished enough since she had to step down from elected office and could be disbarred given her status as a now convicted felon. In addition, prosecutors said Kane, who wants to focus on parenting her two teenage sons, was not at risk of re-offending, nor was she a threat to society.

But Steele wrote in a sentencing memo that Kane deserved prison since she eroded the public's confidence in the attorney general's office, according to KYW. Beyond that, Steele noted that Mondesire, who was never charged of a crime, had lost his job, saw his health decline, and died nearly two years later.

"During her tenure as attorney general, Kane behaved in a paranoid manner and repeatedly misused her official authority to advance her personal vendettas," Steele wrote in a sentencing memo, according to the The Legal Intelligencer.

The race for the AG's office

Pennsylvania residents will soon get a chance to decide who permanently replaces Kane when they elect a new attorney general next month.

Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who chairs the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, is running against state Sen. John Rafferty, a Republican from Montgomery. The election will occur statewide on November 8.</s>NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced Monday to 10 to 23 months in jail for illegally disclosing details from a grand jury investigation to embarrass a rival and then lying about it under oath.

Kane was also sentenced to eight years of probation by a Montgomery County judge who said Kane's ego drove her to take down enemies and break the law.

Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy said Kane assumed an "off with your heads" mentality as she ran the state's top law enforcement agency. The judge called Kane a political "neophyte" who failed to make the transition from campaigner to public servant after she took office.

"This case is about ego -- the ego of a politician consumed with her image from day one," Demchick-Alloy said. "This case is about retaliation and revenge against perceived enemies who this defendant ... felt had embarrassed her in the press."

Kane, the first woman and first Democrat elected as the state's top prosecutor, was handcuffed in court and led out a side door. She was released later Monday after posting $75,000 cash bail. She can remain free while her legal team appeals her conviction.

She had been a stay-at-home mother and an assistant county prosecutor before using her husband's trucking fortune to run for statewide office in 2012.

Kane and her husband are now estranged and share custody of their teenage boys.

"Your children are the ultimate ... collateral damage. They are casualties of your actions," the judge said. "But you did that, not this court."

Earlier Monday, Kane's 15-year-old son, Chris, pleaded for leniency while her former deputies described an office demoralized by her leadership and terrorized by "Nixonian espionage."

Kane, 50, had argued that the loss of her career, law license and reputation was punishment enough. She had asked the judge to sentence her to probation or house arrest so she could be home to raise her sons.

"I really don't care what happens to me," Kane said before leaning toward the defense table to grab tissues. "There is no more torture in the world than to watch your children suffer and know you had something to do with it."

Kane said her younger son, 14-year-old Zachary, did not attend Monday's sentencing because "he couldn't even bear it."

Kane's family declined to comment after the sentencing.

Prosecutors called her crimes "egregious" and pushed for jail time. They said a paranoid Kane ruined morale in the 800-person office and the wider law enforcement community through a calculated scheme to embarrass rival prosecutors who had left the office.

Kane didn't testify at her trial. She was convicted in August of two felony counts of perjury and seven misdemeanor charges, and she resigned the next day.

On Monday, former deputy Clarke Madden said in court that a dark cloud permeated every corner of the attorney general's office and that victims, witnesses and other law enforcement agencies feared working with them.

"Through a pattern of systemic firings and Nixonian espionage, she created a terror zone in this office," said Erik Olsen, a career prosecutor who is now the chief deputy attorney general.

Kane enjoyed mostly good press early on as she supported gay marriage, ramped up a child predator unit run by her twin sister and questioned her predecessor's handling of the Pennsylvania State University sex assault case.

But turmoil inside the office became apparent as top deputies and career prosecutors headed for the doors. Kane's feud with one of them, Frank Fina, who had helped run the Penn State probe and other sensitive investigations, led to the leak.

Kane, taking aim at him, had a campaign consultant pass confidential files to a reporter about a corruption case Fina had declined to charge before he left the office. She then tried to frame someone else for the leak, aides testified at the perjury and obstruction trial.

Aside from the conviction, Kane's political career will be remembered for her investigation of pornography that she said was being traded on state computers by judges, lawyers and other public employees. Two state Supreme Court justices resigned amid the fallout.

Information for this article was contributed by Megan Trimble of The Associated Press.</s>NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Former Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced Monday to 10 to 23 months in jail for illegally disclosing details from a grand jury investigation to embarrass a rival and lying about it under oath. Kane was also sentenced to eight years of probation by a Montgomery County judge who said Kane's ego drove ...</s>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Supporters of Democrat Kathleen Kane once hoped the ambitious lawyer might reach the U.S. Senate.

But the one-term Pennsylvania attorney general will instead learn Monday whether she is going to jail over a perjury and obstruction case that stemmed from a political feud.

Democrat Kathleen Kane, 50, argues that the loss of her career, law license and reputation is punishment enough. She has asked a judge in suburban Philadelphia to sentence her to probation or house arrest so she can be home to raise her two teenage sons.

However, prosecutors call her crimes “egregious” and will push for jail time. They say a paranoid Kane ruined morale in the 800-person office and the wider law enforcement community through a calculated scheme to embarrass rival prosecutors who had left the office.

Kane “repeatedly misused her official authority to advance her personal vendettas,” Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele, a fellow Democrat, wrote in a sentencing memo last week.

Kane’s fate will unfold in the same county where former President Bill Clinton had stumped for her in 2012, four years after Kane helped with Hillary Clinton’s first presidential bid.

Kane enjoyed mostly good press early on as she supported gay marriage, ramped up a child predator unit run by her twin sister and questioned her predecessor’s handling of the Penn State sex-assault case.

But turmoil inside the office became apparent as top deputies and career prosecutors headed for the doors. Kane’s feud with one of them, Frank Fina, who had helped run the Penn State probe and other sensitive investigations, led to the leak.

Kane, taking aim at him, had a campaign consultant pass confidential files to a reporter about a corruption case Fina had declined to charge before he left the office. She then tried to frame someone else for the leak, aides testified at the perjury and obstruction trial.

Kane did not testify at the August trial. A jury convicted her on all nine counts before taking a meal break. Common Pleas Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy sharply warned Kane afterward that she would put her in jail if she tried to retaliate against anyone. The sentence could range from probation to a maximum 12 to 24 years in prison.

Kane overcame a difficult childhood in Scranton to put herself through college and law school. She worked as an assistant county prosecutor before a stint as a stay-at-home mother and community volunteer. She then used $2.25 million of her husband’s family trucking fortune to run for attorney general. They are now divorcing. Kane expects to get $6 million in the divorce and receives nearly $350,000 a year in alimony and child support while living in the family’s sprawling home in Clarks Summit, according to local news reports that cite family court filings.

Aside from the conviction, Kane’s political career will be remembered for her investigation of pornography that she said was being traded on state computers by judges, lawyers and other public employees. Two state Supreme Court justices resigned amid the fallout.

“She rose from poverty to a pinnacle, and has already fallen,” lawyer Mark Steinberg wrote in the defense sentencing memo. “She has been humbled and embarrassed, and now just wants to make amends and to focus her attention on raising her children.”</s>NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Kathleen Kane burst onto the political scene in Pennsylvania with an enviable array of assets: glamour, charisma and a campaign war chest from her husband’s fortune that topped $2 million for her 2012 run for state attorney general.

She left a courtroom Monday in handcuffs, sentenced to 10 to 23 months in a county jail by a judge who said her ego compelled her to break the law to destroy “perceived enemies.”

Kane, 50, a Scranton native, leaked grand jury documents to embarrass a rival prosecutor and then lied about it under oath. After a two-hour jail stint, she posted $75,000 bail and was released Monday evening while she appeals her conviction.

“This case is about ego — the ego of a politician consumed with her image from Day One,” Montgomery County Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy said. “This case is about retaliation and revenge against perceived enemies who this defendant … felt had embarrassed her in the press.”

The judge said Kane assumed an “off with your heads” mentality as she ran the state’s top law enforcement agency. She called Kane a political “neophyte” who failed to make the transition from campaigner to public servant after she took office.

Kane, the first woman and first Democrat elected attorney general, was a stay-at-home mother and one-time assistant county prosecutor before the run for statewide office. She became a rising star in the state Democratic Party before her office devolved into turmoil as career prosecutors came and went. With a growing list of enemies, she leaked grand jury documents about a civil rights leader who had been investigated to embarrass the rival prosecutor who ran the probe and declined to bring charges. Kane then lied to the grand jury investigating the leak, the jury found.

“Your children are the ultimate … collateral damage. They are casualties of your actions,” the judge said. “But you did that, not this court.”

Earlier Monday, Kane’s 15-year-old son, Chris, pleaded for leniency while her former deputies described a demoralized office.

“Through a pattern of systemic firings and Nixonian espionage, she created a terror zone in this office,” said Erik Olsen, who is now the chief deputy attorney general.

Kane called the loss of her career, law license and reputation punishment enough. She sought probation or house arrest so she could be home to raise her teenage sons. She and her husband are now estranged and share custody of them. Her 14-year-old son was too upset to attend the hearing, Kane said.

“I really don’t care what happens to me,” Kane told the judge. “There is no more torture in the world than to watch your children suffer and know you had something to do with it.”

Kane didn’t testify at the August trial. She was convicted of two felony counts of perjury and seven misdemeanor charges, and resigned the next day.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele pushed for jail time Monday, citing the damage to the state’s law enforcement community.

Aside from the conviction, Kane’s political career will be remembered for her investigation of pornography that she said was being traded on state computers by judges, lawyers and other public employees. Two state Supreme Court justices resigned amid the fallout.

Associated Press writer Megan Trimble contributed to this report.</s>NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The Latest on the sentencing of former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (all times local):

They spoke Monday ahead of sentencing for the former attorney general in her perjury and obstruction case.

A jury found Kane leaked grand jury material to the media to embarrass a rival and then lied about it under oath.

Former deputy Clarke Madden says a dark cloud permeated every corner of the office as victims, witnesses and other law enforcement agencies feared working with them after the investigation of the grand jury leak became public.

Current Chief Deputy Attorney General Erik Olsen says Kane created a "terror zone" in her office "through a pattern of systematic firings and Nixonian espionage."

Prosecutors want Kane sent to jail; she is seeking probation or house arrest.

The 15-year-old son of former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has testified as one of her character witnesses ahead of her sentencing in a perjury and obstruction case.

Chris Kane called her "his rock" and said "it would be tough for all of us" if she went to jail. The teenager said Monday that he had decided to testify "because things weren't looking good." Prosecutors declined to cross-examine him.

The other witnesses included a retired police chief and Roman Catholic priest who said Kathleen Kane had been the rare politician to make inroads to address drug-related crime in Hazleton. Kane's college-age niece also testified to the help Kane offered when she struggled with an eating disorder.

Supporters of Democrat Kathleen Kane once hoped the ambitious lawyer might reach the U.S. Senate.

But the one-term Pennsylvania attorney general instead will learn Monday whether she's going to jail in a perjury and obstruction case that stemmed from a political feud.

The case is being heard in Montgomery County, where former President Bill Clinton stumped for her in 2012.

Kane's lawyers say she has been punished enough after losing her career, law license and reputation. They will ask for probation or house arrest so she can raise her teenage sons.</s>Kane, 50, the first woman and first Democrat elected attorney general, faces a maximum prison sentence of 24 years but state guidelines suggest she could get a significantly shorter sentence. In court papers she asked to be sentenced to house arrest to allow her to care for two minor children.

Kane was convicted by a jury in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas in August and resigned two days later.

District Attorney Kevin Steele, who prosecuted the case, opposed Kane's request for house arrest, saying it was inappropriate for someone facing a state prison sentence and suggesting that Kane's ex-husband could care for the children.

Steele filed a memorandum last week opposing Kane's request for leniency and asking for "consecutive" sentences of an unspecified length.

Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy is not bound by the sentencing guidelines.

Kane was convicted of leaking confidential grand jury information in 2013 to a reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News to retaliate against a former state prosecutor, Frank Fina. She believed Fina had told the Philadelphia Inquirer about her decision to drop prosecution of a case Fina developed against six black Democratic legislators in Philadelphia.

Kane is the second Pennsylvania attorney general in the past quarter-century to be convicted of crimes committed in office. In 1995, Attorney General Ernie Preate pleaded guilty to mail fraud and served a prison sentence.</s>NORRISTOWN — She’s put hundreds of defendants in prison, but Monday former state attorney general Kathleen G. Kane left a courthouse in handcuffs after a judge sentenced her to serve 10 to 23 months in prison.

 Ms. Kane, 50, Waverly Twp., had hoped to get probation or house arrest for her Aug. 15 conviction on charges she leaked grand jury information then lied about her actions. Montgomery County Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy rejected that request, citing the “devastating impact her crimes had on her office and the public at large.”

 “This is a case about a politician consumed by ego from day one,” Judge Demchick-Alloy said at the conclusion of the roughly five-hour hearing.

 Instead of focusing on fighting crime, Ms. Kane was fixated on battling perceived enemies “and utilizing and exploiting her position to do it,” Judge Demchick-Alloy said.

 “A violation of this magnitude by someone in the defendant’s position is extraordinary ... and is especially devastating to the credibility of our criminal justice system,” the judge said.

 Neither Ms. Kane nor several dozen supporters who filled the courtroom showed any reaction as the sentence was read.

 The judge granted a defense request to allow Ms. Kane to remain free on bail pending appeal of her conviction. She was immediately taken to the Montgomery County jail, however, after the judge refused her attorney’s request to be given 24 hours to post $75,000 cash bail. Ms. Kane posted bail and was released after about two hours in custody, according to The Morning Call in Allentown.

 A jury convicted Ms. Kane, a Scranton native who in 2012 became the first Democrat and first woman to be elected attorney general, of two counts each of perjury, false swearing, obstructing the administration of law and conspiracy and one count of official oppression for leaking information about a 2009 grand jury probe of a Philadelphia man to embarrass the prosecutor in that case, whom she viewed as a political enemy. She then lied to the grand jury that investigated the leak.

 Ms. Kane’s attorney, Marc Steinberg, acknowledged the seriousness of her crimes but implored the judge to consider Ms. Kane’s life history of public service. He called five witnesses, including Ms. Kane’s 15-year-old son, Christopher, to testify.

 The teen told the judge his mother “is like my rock.”

 “For her to leave me, it would be bad. It would be tough on all of us,” he said.

 Ms. Kane also addressed the court, telling the judge she did not care about herself, but feared the impact being sent to prison would have on Christopher and her other son, Zachary, 14.

 “I know there is nothing worse in the world than to watch your children suffer,” Ms. Kane said.

 Choking back tears, she spoke about how hard it would be “not to hear their voices and not to see their faces.”

 “The past few days have been the worst yet. I felt so sick to my stomach. I couldn’t stop crying,” she said.

 Judge Demchick-Alloy said that while she felt for the boys, they were “collateral damage” from Ms. Kane’s actions.

 “I feel sorry for them but you made these decisions, not the court,” she said.

 Several other witnesses, including former Hazleton police chief Frank D’Andrea, spoke of the good she had done in her life, first as a Lackawanna County prosecutor who focused on sexual abuse cases and then as attorney general.

 The judge acknowledged her good work, but said it was “eclipsed” by the egregiousness of her crimes. Any sentence other than incarceration would diminish the seriousness of her offenses.

 “When perjury is committed ... it is the ultimate assault on the judiciary,” the judge said, her voice rising. “Here the oath was violated by the Pennsylvania Attorney General, the highest law enforcement officer in the state who was entrusted to enforce the law, not break it.”

 Speaking after the hearing, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele and his assistant prosecutor, Michelle Henry, said they hoped Ms. Kane’s conviction and sentence sent a message that “no one is above the law.”

 “What this defendant did was despicable,” said Ms. Henry, a Bucks County prosecutor who was specially appointed to assist with the case. “She put her desire for revenge above everything else. Everyone deserves better. Today, when she was taken out in handcuffs, there was finally justice.”

 Mr. Steele called three witnesses, including a current and former prosecutor in the attorney general’s office. Both spoke about how they enthusiastically embraced Ms. Kane when she took office in January 2013. That excitement eroded quickly, however.

 Erik Olsen, chief of the criminal division, said Ms. Kane isolated herself in the office with a select group of people.

 “Through a pattern of systematic firings ...she created a terror zone,” Mr. Olsen said.

 Clark Madden, a former deputy attorney general, said he and others had “tremendous pride” in the work they did. That changed after Ms. Kane came under investigation for the leak of the grand jury information

 “There was a poison cloud in the corner of the office,” he said.

 Ms. Kane’s trial attorneys are expected to appeal her conviction to the state Superior Court. If she loses there, they will seek to appeal to the state Supreme Court. She will remain free during that process, which will likely take a year or longer.

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 tbesecker@timesshamrock.com

 @tmbeseckerTT on Twitter</s>NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Former Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced Monday to 10 to 23 months in jail for illegally disclosing details from a grand jury investigation to embarrass a rival and lying about it under oath.

Kane was also sentenced to eight years of probation by a Montgomery County judge who said Kane's ego drove her to take down enemies and break the law.

Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy said Kane assumed an "off with your heads" mentality as she ran the state's top law enforcement agency. The judge called Kane a political "neophyte" who failed to make the transition from campaigner to public servant after she took office.

"This case is about ego — the ego of a politician consumed with her image from Day One," Demchick-Alloy said. "This case is about retaliation and revenge against perceived enemies who this defendant ... felt had embarrassed her in the press."

Kane, the first woman and first Democrat elected as the state's top prosecutor, was handcuffed in court and led out a side door. She will remain in custody until she posts $75,000 cash bail, higher than she had previously posted.

No surrender date was given, presuming she does post bail.

She had been a stay-at-home mother, and former assistant county prosecutor, before using her husband's trucking fortune to run for statewide office in 2012. She quickly became a rising star in the state Democratic Party before her office devolved into turmoil as career prosecutors came and went.

Kane and her husband are now estranged and share custody of their teenage boys.

"Your children are the ultimate ... collateral damages. They are casualties of your actions," the judge said. "But you did that, not this court. "

Earlier Monday, Kane's 15-year-old son pleaded for leniency while her former deputies described an office demoralized by her leadership and terrorized by "Nixonian espionage."

Chris Kane called his mother "his rock" and said, "It would be tough for all of us" if she went to jail.

Kane, 50, had argued that the loss of her career, law license and reputation was punishment enough. She had asked the judge to sentence her to probation or house arrest so she could be home to raise her sons.

"I really don't care what happens to me," Kane said during before leaning toward the defense table to grab tissues.

"There is no more torture in the world than to watch your children suffer and know you had something to do with it," she said. "I have been punished."

The one-term attorney general said her younger son, 14-year-old Zachary, did not attend Monday's sentencing because "he couldn't even bear it."

Kane's family declined to comment after the sentencing.

Prosecutors called her crimes "egregious" and pushed for jail time. They said a paranoid Kane ruined morale in the 800-person office and the wider law enforcement community through a calculated scheme to embarrass rival prosecutors who had left the office.

Kane "repeatedly misused her official authority to advance her personal vendettas," District Attorney Kevin Steele wrote in a sentencing memo last week.

In the final year of her first term, she was convicted Aug. 15 of two felony counts of perjury and seven misdemeanor charges. She didn't testify at her trial, and she resigned the next day.

Also Monday, former deputies in the office, giving emotional testimony while looking toward their ex-boss, described an office demoralized by Kane, especially after the investigation of the leak became public.

Former deputy Clarke Madden said the cloud permeated every corner of the office, as victims, witnesses and other law enforcement agencies feared working with them. The office itself was in constant turmoil.

"Through a pattern of systemic firings and Nixonian espionage, she created a terror zone in this office," said Erik Olsen, a career prosecutor who is now the chief deputy attorney general.

Kane enjoyed mostly good press early on as she supported gay marriage, ramped up a child predator unit run by her twin sister and questioned her predecessor's handling of the Penn State sex assault case.

But turmoil inside the office became apparent as top deputies and career prosecutors headed for the doors. Kane's feud with one of them, Frank Fina, who had helped run the Penn State probe and other sensitive investigations, led to the leak.

Kane, taking aim at him, had a campaign consultant pass confidential files to a reporter about a corruption case Fina had declined to charge before he left the office. She then tried to frame someone else for the leak, aides testified at the perjury and obstruction trial.

Aside from the conviction, Kane's political career will be remembered for her investigation of pornography that she said was being traded on state computers by judges, lawyers and other public employees. Two state Supreme Court justices resigned amid the fallout.

Associated Press writer Megan Trimble contributed to this report.
Wendy Demchick-Alloy, a Montgomery County court judge in Norristown, sentences former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane to serve 10 to 23 months in county jail for leaking confidential grand jury information and then lying about it to investigators. Specifically, she was convicted on August 15 on charges of perjury, false swearing, obstruction of justice, official oppression, and conspiracy.