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Rapper T.I. gets a year-and-a-day federal sentence on gun charges

By Douglas A. Berman

I have not followed closely the crime and possible punishment of Clifford Harris, aka rap star T.I.  But today was his sentencing, and this early AP story provides the basics: A judge has sentenced Rapper T.I. to one year and a day behind bars on federal weapons charges. The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, was sentenced Friday. He will have between 30 and 60 days to report to prison.  He already has completed about 1,000 hours of community service and has warned youths about the pitfalls of guns, drugs, violence. He will need to complete 470 more hours.  Harris pleaded guilty last March after he was arrested in 2007, attempting to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers. Because I have not kept up with this case, I am not sure what the applicable guideline range that T...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 27, 2009 (boomark / email).