As state Sen. Jane C. Orie, R-Allegheny, faces a new round of charges and a retrial on the horizon, legal watchers say her sister, state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, may be feeling the heat now more than ever.

Orie was charged recently with perjury, forgery and tampering with and fabricating physical evidence related to the allegedly forged documents that resulted in a mistrial in her case involving alleged election work on state time.