Tina Peters , the first election official found guilty of a felony in connection with 2020 election conspiracy theories, believes critics and judges who have handled her case want her to waste away in "the hole" of solitary confinement, saying Tuesday that "They want me to die here," according to Peters' lawyer. Her "morose" sentiment, as the attorney describes it, comes after a federal magistrate judge on Monday rejected a bid for Peters to be released from prison while she appeals her state conviction.

"I think I'm going to die here," Peters' lawyer, Peter Ticktin, recounted her saying during an interview with Law&Crime. "She's depressed and upset," Ticktin said. "This is a terrible decision."

The Florida-based attorney spoke to Peters, whose only "human contact" comes in the form of p

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