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"Lil Boosie Gets Two-Year Prison Sentence For Drug Possession"

By Douglas A. Berman

And now from the entertainment sentencing news desk, as the title of this post is the headline of this sentencing story from MTV.  Here are the basic details: Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie (born Torrence Hatch) pleaded guilty to a third-offense marijuana possession charge on Tuesday and was sentenced to two years in prison. The plea deal came just one day before it was announced that the MC's latest album, Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz, will debut in the top 10 on next week's Billboard albums chart. According to Baton Rouge station WBRZ, Boosie will serve at least one year in prison after prosecutors reached an agreement with his lawyers in which all but two years of a 10-year sentence were suspended. The rapper will also be on active supervised probation for two to five years after his release from prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 23, 2009 (boomark / email).