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Creative sentencing for T.I. creates concerns

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this Atlanta Journal-Constitution article, the creative sentence engineered for the rapper T.I. is creating a stir.  Here is the start of the article:Both were felons caught with guns. Popular rapper T.I. was sentenced to a year and a day in prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing three machine guns and two silencers, all bought from an undercover federal agent and just a fraction of all the weapons taken from his house and car that day. In comparison, James Harold Ingram, an unknown, got two years in prison when federal agents, investigating reports he had a moonshine operation, arrested him with four rifles and marijuana he had planned to sell. T.I., whose legal name is Clifford Harris Jr., had something to offer beyond his cooperation and admission of guilt: his fame, his name and his potential influence over kids who might think guns and violence are cool...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 13, 2008 (boomark / email).