Former Republican state Senator Jane Orie has been ordered to serve 2 1/2 to 10 years in state prison for using her taxpayer-funded legislative staff to do campaign work and forging defense exhibits to try to cover it up.
 
The 50-year-old Orie said nothing Monday before being sentenced by Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey Manning, who directed her to report to prison immediately. The judge must still decide whether Orie must repay up to $2-million in restitution, legal fees and other costs.
 
Manning hinted that Orie might have avoided prison for the campaign corruption charges had she not presented forged documents; violating an oath she took as a lawyer to "use no falsehood." The forgery resulted in a mistrial last year before her eventual conviction in March.