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Mar. 16, 2017

Corruption

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Putting a corrupt politician behind bars

Corruption
Mack Jenkins of Department of Justice - Central District office

Persuading a corrupt public official to accept a guilty plea to avoid trial is often a daunting task, Assistant U.S. Attorney Mack E. Jenkins said, after he and colleague Douglas M. Miller achieved that goal in the case of former state Sen. Ronald S. Calderon and his brother.

In October, U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder sentenced Calderon, the Montebello Democrat, to 31/2 years in prison after accepting his guilty plea to mail fraud through the deprivation of honest services. Ca...

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