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Prosecutors Defend Convicted Justice's Court-Ordered Apology Note

Joan Orie Melvin, the former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice appealing her criminal conviction for political corruption, should have her conviction and her sentence upheld, prosecutors argued in a court filing, the Associated Press reported. As part of her sentence, Melvin was ordered to write an apology to every judge in the state on a picture of her in handcuffs.