Quote:Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday pardoned a Democratic former legislator who was found guilty four years ago of perjury and voter fraud for lying about living in his district.

Roderick Wright was convicted in 2014 after prosecutors said he lied about residing in the state Senate district in Los Angeles County that elected him in 2008. He served an hour in jail and 2½ years of probation. In addition, he was barred from running for office because of the felony convictions.

Wright “has shown that since his release from custody he has lived an honest and upright life, exhibited good moral character, and conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen,” Brown wrote in his pardon message.

He said Wright has “devoted much of his life to public service,” including six years in the Assembly and six years in the Senate.

Prosecutors accused Wright of claiming he lived in an apartment in Inglewood in his district, when he had actually been living in Baldwin Hills in a neighboring district since 2000. The investigation began shortly before Wright was elected to office in November 2008, when prosecutors received a complaint that he was living outside his district.

In September, Brown signed SB1250, changing residency rules for the 120 lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly. The bill allows lawmakers to live outside their district and instead uses their voter registration address for determining whether they are eligible for certain offices.

Had the bill been in place at the time Wright was in the Senate, he could legally have lived outside his district.

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Governor Clown also commutes the sentence of a convicted murderer with a life sentence. Do you think he'd do that if the victim was one of his family members?

Quote:Governor Jerry Brown has shortened the sentence of a woman convicted of killing an actor in his San Diego apartment in 2005.

Amy Davis was sentenced to life without parole for her involvement in the 2005 murder of actor Theodore "Rocky" Salanti.

During a robbery, Davis bound Salanti with duct tape, suffocated him, and stuffed his body into a suitcase inside his apartment near Qualcomm Stadium.

Governor Brown has commuted Davis' life sentence to 20 years. After 20 years, Davis will be required to appear before a parole board which will determine if she is suitable for release.

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