Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to 8-and-a-half years in prison and six months in the Mesa County Detention Center for a total of nine years incarceration on Thursday. She was convicted on 7 of 10 counts in her Colorado election interference case in August.

Tina Peters was found guilty of seven of the ten charges against her in July, and today the embattled former clerk will be sentenced for the crimes she committed. Peters’ sentencing will begin at 9:30 a.

DENVER (KKTV) - A woman who once served as the Mesa County clerk was sentenced to prison on Thursday.