Mark Ridley-Thomas, whose long political career involved representing South Los Angeles on the City Council, the County Board of Supervisors and in the State Legislature, was sentenced Monday to ...
The TV camera pans the crowd of protestors outside Parker Center, the old LAPD headquarters on Los Angeles Street. It is 1991, three days after the beating of Rodney King. Mark Ridley-Thomas is ...
Mark Ridley-Thomas, whose long political career representing South Los Angeles on the City Council, the County Board of Supervisors and in the State Legislature, was sentenced today to 42 months ...
A federal judge has sentenced Mark Ridley-Thomas, once a towering figure in Los Angeles politics, to 42 months in prison, marking a devastating coda to his long career as a local power broker and ...
We are witnessing a disturbing trend of federal prosecutors twisting and stretching the law to burn some people and shield others. The U.S. Attorney’s Office pressed for a six-year sentence for former ...
What I didn't expect were the tears. Almost from the start of the sentencing hearing in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, it was clear that U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer wanted to make an ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A veteran Los Angeles politician was sentenced Monday to 3½ years in prison for a scheme in which he sought benefits for his son in exchange for supporting lucrative ...
Former Los Angeles County politician Mark Ridley-Thomas has filed a notice of forthcoming appeal to the 9th Circuit challenging his convictions and sentence for voting in support of county ...
To the editor: Columnist Erika D. Smith writes persuasively and empathetically about the tears shed in the courtroom during the sentencing of former L.A. City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas to 42 ...
We are witnessing a disturbing trend of federal prosecutors twisting and stretching the law to burn some people and shield others. The U.S. Attorney’s Office pressed for a six-year sentence for ...
We are witnessing a disturbing trend of federal prosecutors twisting and stretching the law to burn some people and shield others. The U.S. Attorney’s Office pressed for a six-year sentence for ...
We are witnessing a disturbing trend of federal prosecutors twisting and stretching the law to burn some people and shield others. The U.S. Attorney’s Office pressed for a six-year sentence for ...
