Former California State Senator Ron Calderon Gets 3.5 Years For Bribery

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Former California state Sen. Ron Calderon was sentenced Friday to 3½ years in prison in a corruption scandal in which he acknowledged taking bribes in exchange for his influence in Sacramento.
U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder imposed the sentence in Los Angeles after listening to Calderon emotionally ask to remain under house arrest or “at least get me home to my family sooner.”
Federal prosecutors had asked for a 5-year prison term in a blis