Kathleen Granahan Kane (born Kathleen Margaret Granahan June 14, 1966) is an American politician and lawyer who served as Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office from 2013 until his resignation in 2016 He was the first and the first Democrat to be elected for the position (though both women and Democrats held positions before becoming electives in 1980).
In August 2015, Kane was charged with several offenses related to his position as the attorney general, including false oath indictments, and a series of minor offenses including official repression, obstruction, and related conspiracy allegations. In September 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court suspended Kane's license to practice law, the first incident that occurred in Pennsylvania's attorney general. On August 15, 2016, Kane was found guilty of all charges, including two false accusations of perjury, conspiracy, and impediment to justice, and he announced his resignation the following day, effective August 17. The judge may impose a sentence of up to 28 years. in prison but chose a 10-23 month penalty.
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Early life and education
Born Kathleen Margaret Granahan, Kane grew up on the western side of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where she attended West Scranton High School. Kane received a Bachelor of Science degree in international studies from the University of Scranton in 1988 and J.D. from Temple University Law School in 1993.
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Initial career
Kane is a lawyer at Post & amp; Schell P.C., Philadelphia law firm, prior to 1995 and handling civil cases. From 1995 to 2007, he served as an assistant district attorney for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, where he charged hundreds of sexual harassment, elderly harassment, murder, assault, rape, public corruption, and fraud. In 2007, Kane worked for a private law firm in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and took up his position with Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
Pennsylvania Attorney General
2012 selection
Kane announced his candidacy for the Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the 2012 election. He received support from US President Bill Clinton and Philadelphia Inquirer during the primary democrat. Its main opponent, former US Representative Patrick Murphy, is supported by former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Kane defeated Murphy 53% to 47%. In the election, Kane won by 14.5 percent over Cumberland County district attorney David Freed who ran without resistance in the Republican Party. The victory made Kane the first woman elected as State Attorney in Pennsylvania, and the first Democrat to be elected to that position since she quit being appointed office in 1980. Kane received more votes than President Obama or Senator Casey in Pennsylvania during 2012 election; the total number of voters is the fourth highest of any politician in electoral history in Pennsylvania.
Terms of service
Kane appointed former federal prosecutor H. Geoffrey Moulton Jr. to investigate Governor Tom Corbett's handling of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal (an investigation indicating that Corbett was not mistaken), and to bring criminal charges against former highway officials (and then bargain - bargain defense with the accused parties, resulting in no defendant serving any jail time). Kane made national headlines in July 2013, when he refused to defend the Pennsylvania gay marriage ban in court.
On March 17, 2014, Kane announced that he had closed a corruption investigation beginning under his predecessor, saying that "undercover investigations were poorly managed and poorly executed, and depended on covert operations whose credibility has been compromised." Kane also confirmed that he has documentation to support his assertion that racism harms the sting. The investigation follows up on corruption reports among Philadelphia politicians today, all suspects belonging to the Democratic Party. In response, the Committee of the Seventy called on the state legislature to appoint an independent advisor to investigate the closure of the case. The local prosecutor in Philadelphia picked up the case, and got a number of guilty pleas and jury indictments.
Investigating child sexual abuse
As part of the country's new attention to the Catholic Church's children's sexual abuse and accusations of cover-up, Kane embarked on a state grand jury - starting towards establishing in early 2014 - and a hotline collecting 250 other cases to investigate. About twenty police escorted the phone and assistant AG Daniel J. Dye presided over the case in Altoona-Johnstown diocese and still filtered another report in 2016. State Representative Thomas R. Caltagirone, minority chairman of the Justice Committee and former opponent of the law to extend the law. law restrictions for crime, has come to support the law by 2016.
2016 election
Kane is touted as a potential Democratic candidate for the 2016 US Senate election against Republican presidential candidate Pat Toomey. However, Kane refused to run, instead announcing that he would seek a second term as attorney general in 2016. He then announced that he would not run for re-election.
Criminal, trial, confidence and resignation investigation
Indictment and suspension of license to practice law
Beginning in 2014, a grand jury investigated the leaking of two memos that allegedly came from Kane's office: one of the 2009 grand jury investigations, and an internal memo leaked to Philadelphia Daily News that outlines the details of the 2009 Investigation. when Kane was strongly criticized for failing to effectively prosecute Democrats, both in bribery investigations in Philadelphia, and pay-to-play scandals involving the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
On January 21, 2015, it was announced that the jury recommended criminal penalties related to this leak against Kane due to "perjury, perjury, official oppression and legal barrier."
On August 6, Kane was indicted by Montgomery District Attorney, Risa Vetri Ferman, with a false oath, one count of perjury, three counts of legal barrier, and four counts of official repression in connection with a grand jury leak. On the same day, Governor Tom Wolf openly asked Kane to resign. However, Kane denies the allegations and announces that he will not resign.
On August 24, Kane was ordered to stand trial for allegedly leaking information of a secret grand jury to the press, lying under oath about it and ordering his aides to illegally sneak a computer file to keep an eye on the investigation of the leak. The leak, it says, was done to embarrass the rival prosecutor involved in the case. The prosecutor summoned two witnesses - a Kane aide and principal investigator in the case - whose testimony aligned the 42-page possible affidavit statement submitted against him.
On September 21, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously suspended Kane's license to practice law, as a result of criminal charges. Although the Pennsylvania Constitution requires the attorney general to become a licensed lawyer, the court says in the order that it does not remove Kane from his post. Furthermore, Kane appointed former Montgomery County District Attorney and County Commissioner Bruce L. Castor, Jr., a Republican, as a Pennsylvania Public Defender to take his executive decision-making authority, a position Mr. Castor was to become the attorney general for a period after Kane resigned, and before Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf could have appointed Bruce Beemer to the post. Castor continued to work for Beemer, returning to his role as a public attorney for several weeks before resigning to return to the private sector.
On October 1, the prosecutor filed an additional oath of allegations against Kane. The second charge was related to the alleged violation of the secret oath signed by Kane in January 2013, also linked to the grand jury leak.
In continuing as the attorney general with suspended licenses, Kane delegates legal responsibility to his chief counsel. On November 1, 2015, Kane announced a special prosecutor team to lead the 'Porngate' investigation at the National Constitution Center.
Trial, confidence, and resignation from the office
Kane's criminal court began on August 8, 2016. One week later, on August 15, he was found guilty of all nine charges. The next day, Kane announces his resignation as the attorney general, effective August 17th. State Attorney General Bruce Castor, Kane's second commander, became the acting Attorney General after his resignation came into effect. The sentence for his case occurred on October 24, 2016, where he received a sentence of 10-23 months in prison.
The judge's trial in the Pennsylvania High Court affirmed his conviction in May 2018. The court rejected his argument that the special prosecutor had no legitimacy and that he should be allowed to present evidence of a pornography scandal in the Attorney General's office.
Personal life
Kane lives in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Chris Kane, an executive and co-owner in her trucking company and family warehouse. The couple has two sons. He filed for divorce at Family Court in Lackawanna County, PA, on December 26, 2014. In October 2014, Kane said he suffered from a concussion he suffered in a car accident.
Electoral history
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See also
- List of women general prosecutors in the United States
References
External links
- Profile in Project Vote Smart
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