Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
On Monday a federal judge has rejected a plea deal for former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca.
The deal would have called for the retired sheriff to serve anywhere from zero to six months in prison for lying to investigators in connection with an FBI probe into the county jail system. So what is Baca's next step? What are his legal options?
We'll talk about it with Stanley Goldman, professor at Loyola Law School.