Former U.S. Senate Candidate Annette Bosworth avoided jail time during her sentencing hearing on Wednesday. She did not get away completely unscathed.

Circuit Court Judge John Brown announced the penalty for Bosworth after being convicted back on May 27, 2015. The jury unanimously decided that Bosworth was guilty on six counts of perjury and six counts of filing false election documents for attesting to voter signatures for her nomination petitions.

Judge Brown initially ordered two years of prison time for Bosworth on each count to be served consecutively. The prison time was then suspended with Bosworth serving three years of probation including 500 hours of community service, cost of prosecution to the County and court cost of $104 for each count.

Attorney General Marty Jackley gave a statement via press release. “A citizen grand jury and jury have determined that Annette Bosworth has violated state election law enacted by our legislature to protect the integrity of our elections in South Dakota. I respect today’s sentence because jail is meant primarily for public safety, not necessarily for people whose conduct has crossed the line of exasperation to the general public.”

Just before the sentencing, Bosworth drew on her lack of political experience to explain her predicament. “Raising too much money put a target on my head. In my dream of playing this last chapter of life, I would raise no money. The no money version would have left out the campaign advisors and the legal consultants.” The case was investigated by the Division of Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office.

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