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The latest sentencing news from MTV

By Douglas A. Berman

MTV has this new report on the start of rapper TI's federal prison sentence.  Here are some particulars: T.I. turned himself in Tuesday (May 26) at an Arkansas federal prison, where the rapper will begin serving a 366-day sentence stemming from his 2007 arrest for attempting to illegally attempting to purchase firearms in Atlanta. According to several reports, Tip is now in custody at the low-security wing of the Forrest City Federal Correctional Complex, where the rapper will circulate with the rest of the inmates without preferential treatment.... Last week, the rapper's lawyers had requested a two-week delay in the sentence, and hoped the rapper could serve his term at a facility closer to his home in Atlanta. That request was denied on Friday...continue to full post

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