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The fate of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca
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Jul 19, 2016
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The fate of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca
On Monday a federal judge has rejected a plea deal for former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca.
On Monday Dec. 9 Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca held a press conference to respond to the F.B.I. arrests of 17 Los Angeles sheriff's deputies.
Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca
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On Monday a federal judge has rejected a plea deal for former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca.

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.