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Lee Baca was a guest speaker at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International 35th Anniversary Gala in Hollywood, Saturday, August 7th, 2004. At that event he acknowledged the Church of Scientology for being active at the forefront of conflict resolution.
Lee Baca made an appearance on a Scientology float in a 2004 Hollywood Christmas parade. He also received an award from Scientology front group ABLE in 2004.
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Lee Baca made an appearance on a Scientology float in a 2004 Hollywood Christmas parade. He also received an award from Scientology front group ABLE in 2004.
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Our sources have also gotten word that Assistant Sheriff Cecil Rhambo is being demoted ... The sheriff "really doesn't know who he can trust right now," one source tells the online paper. Read the full report for more insider baseball.
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The American Civil Liberties Union slapped Sheriff Lee Baca and his top brass with a federal class action suit Wednesday, accusing them of condoning "savage" beatings of inmates by deputies at county jails.
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- ACLU files class-action suit against Sheriff Baca over jails (dailybreeze.com)
- ACLU cites inmate abuse in suit against Baca (api.bing.com)
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has been warned by the union representing his rank-and-file deputies that he would be violating the law if he releases personnel records to the special commission examining allegations of inmate abuse inside ...
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- Sheriff Baca fends off charges (dailybulletin.com)
On July 22, LA County jail inmate Jonathan Goodwin says he witnessed several deputies ... lawsuit against the top members of the sheriff''s department - including Sheriff Lee Baca, Undersheriff Paul Tanaka and Dennis Burns, head of the department's custody ...
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That seems to be the big question surrounding the caught-on-tape confrontation between a "special needs" woman, 42-year-old Julie Nelson, and an L.A. County sheriff's deputy on-board a Metro bus Monday night. Embattled "Teflon Sheriff" Lee Baca and his ...
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The L.A. County sheriff's move comes in response to a Los Angeles Times investigation that found that wrongful incarcerations occurred more than 1,480 times in the last five years.Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Tuesday that he will create a task force to minimize the wrongful jailings of people mistaken for wanted criminals.
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- LA Sheriff Lee Baca: 'Sorry for Those 1,480 Wrongful Arrests' (nowpublic.com)
- Baca to seek funds for more Sheriff's Department hires (the-signal.com)
Even a photo tour of the County Men's Central Jail is convincing evidence that the facility is a hellhole and needs to be replaced. Which is what Sheriff Lee Baca proposes to do. It's hard to argue with Baca's assessment of the county's jails.
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- Our View: Control jailers, then build jail (api.bing.com)
On June 3, 2007, celebrity Paris Hilton surrendered herself to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department to serve a 45 day sentence as ordered by Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer. The 45 day sentence could be reduced to as few as 23 days for good behavior. She was placed in the Lynwood facility and separated from the general population for her safety.
Around 2 a.m. on June 7, 2007, Baca's department released Hilton after serving only 79 hours of her sentence. She was allowed to return home and her sentence was converted to 40 days of house arrest, amid rumors of a medical condition, which later emerged to be psychological.
The decision to convert her sentence was made by Baca without the consultation of either the presiding judge or the prosecuting city attorney. Further complicating the matter is the initial ruling in which the judge specifically said Hilton would not be allowed to use house arrest in lieu of jail. However, Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini did acknowledge this is normally the purview of the sheriff saying, "Early release decisions are the province of the sheriff every day due to jail overcrowding, but not always". It has been noted that Baca had previously received $1,000 from William Barron Hilton for his 2006 election campaign.
The situation led the city attorney to file a petition suggesting that Baca should be held in contempt of court for his actions. Though the judge chose not to pursue any action against Sheriff Baca, he did reverse the decision and returned Hilton to jail while reaffirming the original sentence length. Hilton's attorney, Richard Hutton, saw his offer to brief the judge in private chambers on her condition, but this was declined. No written evidence was produced during the court session.[
Baca commented on Paris Hilton's sentence, saying "The only thing I can detect as special treatment is the amount of her sentence. Under our 10 percent early release program, (Hilton) would have not served any time in our jail or would have been directly put on home electric monitoring system."
Baca later described Hilton's medical condition as a deteriorating, life-threatening condition that left her speaking incoherently.
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Around 2 a.m. on June 7, 2007, Baca's department released Hilton after serving only 79 hours of her sentence. She was allowed to return home and her sentence was converted to 40 days of house arrest, amid rumors of a medical condition, which later emerged to be psychological.
The decision to convert her sentence was made by Baca without the consultation of either the presiding judge or the prosecuting city attorney. Further complicating the matter is the initial ruling in which the judge specifically said Hilton would not be allowed to use house arrest in lieu of jail. However, Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini did acknowledge this is normally the purview of the sheriff saying, "Early release decisions are the province of the sheriff every day due to jail overcrowding, but not always". It has been noted that Baca had previously received $1,000 from William Barron Hilton for his 2006 election campaign.
The situation led the city attorney to file a petition suggesting that Baca should be held in contempt of court for his actions. Though the judge chose not to pursue any action against Sheriff Baca, he did reverse the decision and returned Hilton to jail while reaffirming the original sentence length. Hilton's attorney, Richard Hutton, saw his offer to brief the judge in private chambers on her condition, but this was declined. No written evidence was produced during the court session.[
Baca commented on Paris Hilton's sentence, saying "The only thing I can detect as special treatment is the amount of her sentence. Under our 10 percent early release program, (Hilton) would have not served any time in our jail or would have been directly put on home electric monitoring system."
Baca later described Hilton's medical condition as a deteriorating, life-threatening condition that left her speaking incoherently.
Sources:
Wikipedia
Sunday Mirror
CBS
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Sheriff Lee Baca is linked to the Paris Hilton jail story.
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