Joan Orie Melvin, the former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice convicted of political corruption, had her entire sentence suspended today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Judge Lester G. Nauhaus ordered the change because the Pennsylvania Superior Court suspended part of his unusual sentence ordering Orie Melvin to write apologies on a picture of herself in handcuffs to every judge in Pennsylvania. The Post-Gazette reported the judge said in court, "'“She’s not serving my sentence! And the problem I have with that is she’s banking credit for time served and I will not allow it!”' Orie Melvin's defense counsel argued the trial judge does not have jurisdiction to change her sentence, which is under appeal.
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