Prosecution: Kane Deserves Prison for 'Egregious' Crimes
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Ironically, the real "damage" she did to the OAG wasn't her leaking GJ material, it was her exposing the porn-laden ex parte emails between OAG people and judges.
Republicans will rue the day they began using the Judicial system to get political enemies.
the corrupt cabal of PA thanks you for your support
she broke the law according to whom???
Wait - didn't the OAG under Linda Kelly share the Not.So.Secret.Secret.Files with Louis Freeh? FSS is not a criminal justice agency, and these files were supoenaed as part of a criminal investigation. Sharing these with FSS violated CHRIA.
Kane's actions are just so distressing.
A bunch of us had lunch with her last December. She stated to us "I love the law" and then went on to complain how much Fina and crew "would just make stuff up" - "nothing they did made any sense" - to which we replied "Welcome to our past 4 years as a Penn Stater!".
So I have to wonder if she was not completely truthful when she told me:
The irony in all this? Had Fina simply taken 2001 to the end of the line - investigated Second Mile leadership and left PSU out of it - Kathleen Kane never happens. Simply more fallout from Sandusky.
"It was a calculated risk" - Tom Corbett
Kane's actions are just so distressing.
A bunch of us had lunch with her last December. She stated to us "I love the law" and then went on to complain how much Fina and crew "would just make stuff up" - "nothing they did made any sense" - to which we replied "Welcome to our past 4 years as a Penn Stater!".
So I have to wonder if she was not completely truthful when she told me:
- The Feds came in when she took office and requested her office (Moulton) handle just how the Sandusky Investigation was conducted and that they would handle anything dealing with Second Mile.
- Beemer is compromised in those emails and there is a clear pattern of collusion.
- She couldn't drop the PSU 3 charges, because Beemer handled that file and politically her hands were tied.
The irony in all this? Had Fina simply taken 2001 to the end of the line - investigated Second Mile leadership and left PSU out of it - Kathleen Kane never happens. Simply more fallout from Sandusky.
"It was a calculated risk" - Tom Corbett
The male legislative leaders from both political parties that Corbett prosecuted beg to differ. My guess is if Kane were male and a republican you would be calling for her (his) head.
Lest we all forget, she may have been prosecuted by people with political motivations, but she was convicted by a jury of average people....
I generally lean toward calling for the head of every pol and lawyer in PA. The state reeks of corruption.
Did corbett go after people on both sides of the aisle during bonusgate and computergate? Sure, the common thread though was that they were ALL political enemies of corbett's. He used his position as AG and a corrupt/leak riddled GJ process as tools for this goal. There's a reason why fina and feudale were so chummy, they did a LOT of work together going after tommy's political enemies/rivals.
credit to CV for this gem:
David DeKok
One little-noted but quite interesting revelation at the Kathleen Kane sentencing yesterday was the testimony by chief deputy Attorney General Erik Olsen--a witness against Kane--that there indeed was a group of "misogynistic and mean-spirited" lawyers in the Attorney General's office, a group he said included Frank Fina, Kane's mortal enemy. They were the ones who sent the now-infamous sex-tinged e-mails and rated the bodies of female lawyers in the office (I heard this part from another lawyer). This was the rottenness Kane found and exposed when she became Attorney General in 2013. Her prosecutors succeeded in barring Kane from introducing any of this, or the fact that she was singled out for prosecution for doing something that prosecutors do all the time, i.e., leak information to reporters. The conservative and mostly Republican male legal establishment, and female enablers like Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy (who had Kane handcuffed yesterday in front of her family), used the legal system to punish an enemy, to burn a witch as it were. Kane is not without flaws--she let her contempt for Fina and his coterie unhinge her--but she does not belong in prison. I find the smug chortling of her enemies to be disgusting
David DeKok
One little-noted but quite interesting revelation at the Kathleen Kane sentencing yesterday was the testimony by chief deputy Attorney General Erik Olsen--a witness against Kane--that there indeed was a group of "misogynistic and mean-spirited" lawyers in the Attorney General's office, a group he said included Frank Fina, Kane's mortal enemy. They were the ones who sent the now-infamous sex-tinged e-mails and rated the bodies of female lawyers in the office (I heard this part from another lawyer). This was the rottenness Kane found and exposed when she became Attorney General in 2013. Her prosecutors succeeded in barring Kane from introducing any of this, or the fact that she was singled out for prosecution for doing something that prosecutors do all the time, i.e., leak information to reporters. The conservative and mostly Republican male legal establishment, and female enablers like Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy (who had Kane handcuffed yesterday in front of her family), used the legal system to punish an enemy, to burn a witch as it were. Kane is not without flaws--she let her contempt for Fina and his coterie unhinge her--but she does not belong in prison. I find the smug chortling of her enemies to be disgusting
As crime and punishment go....if KK is deserving of 10 months in prison Corbett, Fina and Eshbach should get the chair.
This whole affair is nothing but a political assassination.
For anyone to infer that Kane brought disfunction and dishonor to the PAOAG is beyond comical.
This whole affair is nothing but a political assassination.
For anyone to infer that Kane brought disfunction and dishonor to the PAOAG is beyond comical.
She wasn't allowed to bring up any of the porngate stuff in her defense. At the very least, the jury deserved to know that the people testifying against her may have had less than honorable motives. I think the judge made a mistake. It will be interesting to see if the conviction holds up on appeal. Let's not forget that Seth Williams' much-touted conviction of Monsignor Lynn was overturned.
I don't know if it's possible to get the appeal heard in an impartial venue like a federal court, but I'd certainly try for that if I was on her legal team.
I think that is probably why her lawyers let the defense rest without her testifying
the prosecutors and judge left so much up for appeal, they figured they didn't need to waste their time with that kangaroo court
What does "CV" stand for? Popped up where on FB?
DeKok is the guy who wrote Murder in the Stacks about Betsy Aardsma and also has a lot of insight on the Centralia mine fire. I think he did a short film or a book about that too, or both.
