U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer sentenced former L.A. City Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas, 68, to three years and six months today, August 28. Judge Fischer also ordered Ridley-Thomas to pay a $30,000 fine.
On August 28, 2023, Mark Ridley-Thomas will return to court to be sentenced after being convicted of bribery and conspiracy.
On August 21, 2023, Mark Ridley-Thomas will return to court to be sentenced after being convicted of bribery and conspiracy.
“From their very first interaction with the police, to being arrested, booked, charged, convicted, and sentenced, Black people are discriminated against and disproportionately criminalized at every stage of the criminal justice system,” according to the Innocence Project report, #BlackBehindBars: Sparking a conversation on the Black wrongful conviction experience in the U.S.
A federal judge on July 20, rejected a bid by former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to remain free on bail pending an appeal of his conviction for scheming to derail an FBI probe of corruption in the jails.
A felon from Compton was sentenced Monday to more than 13 years behind bars for the sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl he was apparently attempting to add to his “stable of prostitutes.”
A leader of the group that organized the protest where a sniper killed five law enforcement officers in Dallas was sentenced Friday to prison for unrelated probation violations.