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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 example ...

For more than three decades, Mark Ridley-Thomas never lost an election, tapping a well-organized network of supporters to secure victory after victory. Now, the former Los Angeles City Council member ...

Judge Dale Fischer appeared to choose a middle ground between what the prosecution and defense team recommended. Rebecca Lonergan, an associate professor of law in the Gould School of Law, said this ...