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You hear a lot of jokes about politicians being no better than criminals , but voters in Maine just took the punchline a step further:

On Tuesday, a woman named Angela Walker was elected to the Bangor, Maine’s city council.

Voters were apparently undeterred by the fact that Walker served nearly nine years in prison after she and her brother were convicted of violently killing a Canadian tourist.

According to a report from the Bangor Daily News , Walker pleaded guilty to manslaughter and perjury charges in 2003 and was given a 10-year sentence.

The newspaper reports that in 2002, Walker — who was still using her maiden name, Humphrey — became involved in an altercation at Old Orchard Beach.

The Canadian tourist, Derek Rogers, allegedly called Walker b

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