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T.I.’s “Reduced” Sentence
As you know, T.I. will be reporting to prison for Arkansas in a few short days to begin serving his jail time. The rapper was sentenced to a year-and-one-day prison sentence after pleading guilty in March to federal weapons charges in Atlanta and is scheduled to report to Forrest City’s low-security federal prison by noon on May 26th. The good news for Tip is that he will be given credit for the 305 days of home confinement that he did prior to being charged. Which means….(drum roll please) he’ll only be spending about 2 months in jail! (Source)
So all y’all out there crying and screaming about already missing him can dry your tears. Tip’s only going away to summer camp. He’ll be back before school starts in the fall…
In case you missed it:
T.I. Ditches Alfamega ~ Official Statement
Another T.I. Protege´Labeled A “Snitch”
T.I. Shuts Up While His Former Bodyguard Keeps Snitchin’
Villager
May 18, 2009 @ 12:33 pm**** … Troy Davis needs to get TI’s lawyer!
sam
May 18, 2009 @ 1:02 pmMike Vicks need to cll that lawyer too. What in the hell kind of examp;e does this set?
d'nikki
May 18, 2009 @ 1:11 pmdanggggg thats a helluva reduction.. all this farewell fanfare and now…
Niaboo
May 18, 2009 @ 1:33 pmMannnnn, Man. I just need to know who he paid off. He always beat around the bush when asked if he snitched (from what I heard). However, My husband say he did admit on 107.9. Tip will never look the same to me..
neenee
May 18, 2009 @ 1:57 pmglad 2 no tip will only b gone 4 2 months will dry my eyes and i cant wait 2 c him on bankhead real soon I LOVE YOU TI
Tipp
May 18, 2009 @ 3:04 pmWOW, AIN’T NO WAY N HELL HE COULD GET OFFF LIKE THAT WITHOUT TURNIN NFORMANT…COME ON YALL. THAT MAN KNEW HE WASN’T GOING TO JAIL FOR A LONG TIME. THEY JUST MADE US WAIT TO HEAR THE NEWS SO HE WOULDN’T LOOK SUSPECT..TOO LATE TIP. MAN FOLKS GET MORE TIME FOR JUST GETTN CAUGHT TALKIN ON THE CELLY. YOU GOT CAUGHT RED HANDED AND GETS NO TIME.. CELEBS WATCH YA BOI…
Nia
May 18, 2009 @ 4:16 pm@Niaboo
If he snitched its public record so people would know it. And he hasn’t admitted to anything on 107.9, there is nothing to admit to. People just make up ****. Your husband is lying…sorry.
Hmmmmmm
May 18, 2009 @ 5:24 pmI hate to be the bearer of bad news for you “snitch” proponents/theorist but Mr. Harris did not have to “snitch” to get a reduced sentenced. The only way he was going to be “guaranteed” a 10 year bid was under mandatory sentencing. Problem with your position is that the Supreme Court of the United States overturned mandatory sentencing in January 2005. Well over 2 1/2 years before Mr. Harris’ current predicament. The Supreme Court held that the sentencing structure could be used as a guideline by judges but judges are not REQUIRED (as they were before) to dole out the harsher sentence. Also the average time, in the federal jurisdiction in which Atlanta sits, for felons caught with firearms is 3 years. So Mr. Harris was starting off more from 3 years not 10 and definitely not 30. If you go to the federal sentencing guideline calculator you’ll see that the maximum sentence Mr. Harris would have gotten (yes with all those weapons and silencers, b/c silencers are not considered extra ordinary weapons) is 10 years. (Months are tacked on by the number of weapons so the person starts of with 0-about 6-12months just for having a firearm) Furthermore the lesser crime is inclusive in the greater time. Which means the charge of possession of unlicensed firearm is incorporated into the charge of felon with firearms. All of which a top notch Atlanta criminal attorney would know.
The sad thing is now I see how we as Black People can and do get duped. We are willfully, uninformed.
Philly
May 18, 2009 @ 7:29 pmSNITCH….SNITCH
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SNITCH!!!!!
Nesha
May 18, 2009 @ 9:49 pmI’m glad the whole story is about over. The prisons are too crowded period and tax payers already paying out to that so why not get money out the whole deal. They know the more he makes the more they can take so they will smack him with fines all day. Why have him sitting in jail where they have to pay to protect him or suffer a possible lawsuit if he get touched? TIP knew what he was doin’ when he said that he wanted to be in regular population that’s his choice. If anybody know about the prison system they hit a code BLUE..its not about him snitching it’s about them dollars. To everybody up above Fu*k what your heard if you got any common sense you would know better. Learn the game money talk bull SHHHIIITTT walks PERIOD. They are not letting that man sit in jail…for what??
YoungKil
May 19, 2009 @ 3:10 pmIts gonna be funny when everybody realize that the Associated Press fucked up and didnt realize that he got sentenced to a year and a day AND 365 days home confinement…the 305 days credit time served is coming off of that 365, so he only has 60 days HOME CONFINEMENT…he still gotta do like 85% of that year and a day…am I the only nigga that still reads in America?
qtpie2009
May 20, 2009 @ 10:16 amI’m glad he has only two months, I wish he didn’t have to do anytime at all. Love ya Tip
P
May 20, 2009 @ 1:46 pmAnd Vick got 23 months? SMDH
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