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'Does unlawful mean illegal?' Jurors in city councilman's USC bribery trial mull instructions

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'Does unlawful mean illegal?' Jurors in city councilman's USC bribery trial mull instructions

Prosecutors are concerned an instruction may be misleading jurors in Mark Ridley-Thomas' trial into believing they must find an additional unlawful act beyond bribery.

Meghann Cuniff
Mar 29, 2023
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Mark Ridley-Thomas and his wife, Avis, leave the courthouse on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, with friends. “I understand,” he said after I told him I needed to get new photos. (Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff)

Jurors in suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas’ federal corruption trial asked questions on Tuesday that indicate they’re continuing to …

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