LOS ANGELES—Marilyn Flynn, an 84-year-old former dean of the University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Social Work—who admitted to bribing longtime Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas while he served on the county Board of Supervisors—was sentenced on July 24 to three years probation and ordered to pay a $150,000 fine.
U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer also granted the prosecution’s recommendation of 18 months of electronic monitoring during Ms. Flynn’s term of probation. The judge rejected a defense argument for two years probation without home confinement and a fine of $100,000.
“A lifetime of dedication and service is something courts don’t often see,” Mr. Fischer said of the defendant who was elected dean of the social work school five times. “It is unfortunate that such an illustrious career comes to an end [in this way].”…