Inside the jury deliberations that ended in seven felony convictions for Mark Ridley-Thomas
The forewoman confirmed prosecutors were correct: Jurors were misled by an instruction and believed an additional burden of proof existed for the bribery charge.
The forewoman of the jury that convicted Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas of seven felonies last week confirmed that an instruction led jurors to mistakenly believe they needed to find an additional criminal ele…
