Ex-USC dean who bribed Mark Ridley-Thomas avoids prison with 18 months home confinement

The judge said she ‘seriously considered imprisonment’ for the 84-year-old and indicated a much harsher sentence is in store for the longtime Los Angeles politician.

Marilyn Flynn, the former dean of the University of School of Social Work, (left) leaves the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, July 24, 2023. (Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff)

A retired University of Southern California dean who admitted to bribing Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas was ordered Monday to pay a $150,000 fine and stay…