'My reputation is destroyed': Former state Sen. Ron Calderon sentenced to 42 months in prison in ...

[TexasTowelie]

'My reputation is destroyed': Former state Sen. Ron Calderon sentenced to 42 months in prison in corruption case

Former state Sen. Ronald Calderon, once the most powerful member of a politically influential family, was sentenced Friday in Los Angeles to 42 months in prison after he pleaded guilty in a federal corruption case.

The Montebello Democrat, who served in the state Senate for eight years ending in 2014, admitted in a plea deal in June that he had accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from undercover FBI agents and a hospital executive in return for official favors.

Federal prosecutors had asked for a five-year sentence for a charge for which the maximum possible penalty was 20 years. U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder, who handed down the sentence to Calderon, said five years was too severe but that a significant prison sentence was needed to punish Calderon and send a message to other elected officials that corruption will not be tolerated.

"The crime is significant," she said during the court hearing. "This is a true public corruption case."

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-ronald-calderon-prison-sentence-corruption-20161021-snap-story.html

[deathrind]

1. Good!

[Throd]

2. No, the sleazy bag of crap just solidified it.