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Judge sentences Rod Wright to 3 months in jail

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  Democratic state Sen. Rod Wright is heading to jail where he faces up to three months after being convicted of perjury and voting fraud, a Los Angeles judge ruled Friday.

Judge Kathleen Kennedy upheld a jury’s verdicts from January that found Wright guilty of eight felonies for lying about where he lived when he ran for office in 2008. She rejected Wright’s motion for a new trial, and…

The lesson? Never assume

When the California State Senate’s President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg was confronted with corruption in one form or another by three members of that body recently, he did a couple of things. One, he was among the 28 members who voted to suspend Ron Calderon, Leland Yee and Rod Wright from exercising any power of their offi ce until the pending criminal cases against them have been resolved.…

Sen. Roderick Wright taking leave of absence while awaiting sentencing for perjury, voter fraud

South Bay state Sen. Rod Wright has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the Legislature until his May 16 sentencing on felony voter fraud charges in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Wright, whose district stretches from Inglewood to San Pedro, requested the leave during a meeting Tuesday with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.

“There are motions pending by Senator Wright’s…