Philadelphia Gay News.com:

Ten days after being ordered to prison...Bill Brennan, who has taken over Knott’s defense from former counsel Louis Busico, filed a motion for reconsideration...

“In multi-defendant cases, courts historically have tried to show some commonality, some parity of sentences. The individuals in this matter who actually physically inflicted the harm, the striking blows, received sentences of non-incarceration,” Brennan said. “We understand that Ms. Knott exercised her right to trial but, in the final analysis, all three defendants have been adjudged guilty — two by pleas and one by a verdict — so we are going to ask the court to reconsider partially based on a disparity in the punishment imposed.”

MyInforms.com:

According to Brennan, Knott “has learned a lot in the (past) 18 months,”...and her sentencing should be more rehabilitative... “In this case, the individual has a clean background, no prior contact with the justice system, and is serving prison time for a mid-level misdemeanor...”

Philadelphia Gay News: Common Pleas Judge Roxanne Covington was unmoved by defense attorney Bill Brennan's impassioned call for a new sentence for his client, Kathryn Knott...Brennan filed a resentencing request...10 days after Covington sentenced his client to five to 10 months in prison...Her co-defendants, Philip Williams and Kevin Harrigan, pleaded guilty last year...(They) are both serving probation and are required to perform community service.

Knott has been carrying out the job assigned to her — cleaning the prison bathrooms — Brennan said, and has had no write-ups. She is also in the midst of anger-management sessions with a psychologist. "She's doing well in prison...She's had the opportunity to show that she is compliant and what she is doing is completely in the context of the judicial intent of this sentence..." (He) proposed a number of alternatives to incarceration, such as house arrest or work release...

When given the floor, prosecutor Allison Ruth...said Knott never took responsibility for her role in the incident, instead apologizing to the victims for "what happened" to them...(And she) countered that Knott shouldn't be rewarded for being compliant..."So what? You don't get credit for doing what you're supposed to be doing...You're not supposed to get in trouble in prison."

Covington...(said) Knott knew going into trial that the eventual outcome could be worse than the plea deal that was offered to her. "When you choose to go to trial, you're taking the choice out of your hands...You no longer have control of what your sentence will be." (She) added that confinement is recommended when a defendant "needs corrective treatment or a lesser sentence would depreciate the seriousness of a crime."