Prosecutors are seeking a sentence of probation and home confinement for Marilyn Flynn, 84, who admitted participating in the scheme to funnel money to Ridley-Thomas’ son.
LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors are asking that longtime Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas’ co-defendant — an 84-year-old former dean of USC’s school of social work who admitted bribing the ex-city councilman — receive a sentence Monday of probation and home confinement.
Defense attorneys believe that straight probation for a period of two years with no home confinement or monitoring is sufficient. The defense also objects to the government’s recommendation of a $150,000 fine, saying that $100,000 is more than sufficient “given the fact that Dr. Flynn did not personally benefit, and USC did not suffer a monetary loss.”Flynn pleaded guilty in September to one count of bribery, admitting that she agreed to have USC serve as a conduit for a $100,000 payment from Ridley-Thomas’ campaign account to the social work school.
Flynn’s attorneys wrote that the ex-dean was not driven by greed, but by “a desire to help her school, the graduate students in the social work program and those who needed greater access to mental health services. She recognizes and takes responsibility for losing her moral compass along the way.” But contrary to the recommendation of defense counsel and the U.S. Probation Office of two years probation, “it is imperative that any probationary sentence be more substantial in length, include a significant term of home confinement, and consist of a sizeable fine,” federal prosecutors wrote.
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