The veteran politician seeks to have his conviction on graft charges overturned. On Thursday, his lawyers will argue before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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 and county supervisor is in a different sort of campaign with far greater stakes: a fight to clear his name and avoid prison.
'The fact that he decided to take this case speaks volumes about what he thought about how this case was concluded at the trial level.' 'This case is unlike any other,' said Alyssa Bell, a former public defender who is leading the appeal team. 'Our job is to retake the narrative, to retell the story from Dr.
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