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. “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. But the attorney said a prison sentence wouldn't be necessary because the loss of her position and law career was punishment enough. 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. 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. (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. "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. She quickly became a rising star in the state Democratic Party before her office devolved into turmoil as career prosecutors came and went. If she loses there, they will seek to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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.