The panel announced that it wished to deliberate Wednesday until 4:30 p.m., two hours beyond its usual stop time, hinting that perhaps a verdict is near.
Although prosecutors alleged that the longtime local politician, while serving as a county supervisor, “put his hand out” and accepted perks from USC to benefit his son, Sebastian, the defense put up an equally strong attack, suggesting to the jury that there was enough reasonable doubt to acquit.
Marilyn Louise Flynn, the former dean of the USC School of Social Work, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal bribery charge in a political corruption case involving suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, prosecutors announced Thursday, Sept. 15. Durie also alleged that one of the contracts amounted to under $500,000 over five years — an amount so low it would not have helped remedy the financial problems at Flynn’s school.
At the conclusion of her two-hour closing argument Thursday, Durie asked the jury to acquit the defendant, and “return this man to his home and his work and his community.” Jurors were not told that Flynn pleaded guilty in the case, and her plea agreement did not require her to testify at the Ridley-Thomas trial.
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