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California Senator Rod Wright Sentenced to 90 Days In Jail In Voter Fraud Case
California State Sen. Rod Wright has been sentenced to 90 days in Los Angeles County jail for lying about his legal residence.
Wright was also ordered Friday to complete 1,500 hours of community service and will be on probation for three years. He was ordered to surrender on Oct. 31 to begin the jail sentence, handed down for the Democrat's conviction on perjury charges in January for lying about his residence in the first of three unrelated cases against state lawmakers that cast a shadow over the Legislature.
Prosecutors had wanted Wright, elected to the State Senate in 2008, to serve six months of confinement.
Wright's attorney, Winston Kevin McKesson, said his client did nothing intentionally wrong and deserves a new trial. McKesson said Wright should be sentenced to nothing more than informal probation.
Prosecutors said in a court filing last month that Wright's actions "can only worsen the already jaded public perception of politicians."
That image has taken several blows this year. After Wright's conviction in January, federal prosecutors filed corruption charges against two other Democratic state senators, Ron Calderon of Montebello and Leland Yee of San Francisco.
The Senate suspended all three with pay in March, ending Democrats' two-thirds majority in the 40-member chamber -- a supermajority that had allowed them to act without any support from Republicans. Wright faces possible expulsion from the Senate.
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| California State Sen. Rod Wright Credit: Nick Ut / AP Source: www.timesunion.com |
By Staff, Sept. 12, 2014, Nbclosangeles.com
California State Sen. Rod Wright has been sentenced to 90 days in Los Angeles County jail for lying about his legal residence.
Wright was also ordered Friday to complete 1,500 hours of community service and will be on probation for three years. He was ordered to surrender on Oct. 31 to begin the jail sentence, handed down for the Democrat's conviction on perjury charges in January for lying about his residence in the first of three unrelated cases against state lawmakers that cast a shadow over the Legislature.
Prosecutors had wanted Wright, elected to the State Senate in 2008, to serve six months of confinement.
Wright's attorney, Winston Kevin McKesson, said his client did nothing intentionally wrong and deserves a new trial. McKesson said Wright should be sentenced to nothing more than informal probation.
Prosecutors said in a court filing last month that Wright's actions "can only worsen the already jaded public perception of politicians."
That image has taken several blows this year. After Wright's conviction in January, federal prosecutors filed corruption charges against two other Democratic state senators, Ron Calderon of Montebello and Leland Yee of San Francisco.
The Senate suspended all three with pay in March, ending Democrats' two-thirds majority in the 40-member chamber -- a supermajority that had allowed them to act without any support from Republicans. Wright faces possible expulsion from the Senate.
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