Corruption in The DA Office
Rubio said that his decision not to seek re-election was unrelated to a string of controversies during his tenure as DA which involved members of his family. In a federal sweep of the district attorney's office in 1997, five persons, including his father, Jose Marcelino "Pichino" Rubio, Sr. (1926-2013), were convicted on charges involving case fixing. In May 2000, Rubio, Sr., was found guilty of conspiracy and extortion; three years later in March 2003, he was given a four-year sentence in a federal prison hospital after his motion requesting home confinement was denied by U.S. District Judge George P. Kazen. Rubio, Sr., approached families of defendants in their homes and suggested bribes to get favorable action on their pertinent cases. Evidence did not show that Rubio, Jr., was aware of the solicitations, but Rubio, Sr., was in the DA's office on a nearly daily basis. Rubio, Sr., claimed that the cases were dismissed, not by his son, the DA, but by assistant DA Ramon Villafranca.
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