We can only hope it was so she could serve out the rest of her prison sentence. Who knows when crimes involve local politicians. They tend to follow the patterns of their federal counterparts with plenty of coverups, favors and deceit.

I was struck by the changes in her mug shots in the past three years. A life of crime is certainly wearing heavy on her. She seems to have lost the youth and smugness she showed in the mugshot from 2009.