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T.I. Sentenced To A Year And A Day In Prison

ATLANTA — A Northern Georgia District judge sentenced T.I. to one year and one day in prison on felony weapons charges Friday (March 27), calling the rapper’s plea deal “experimental” but a success.

Judge Charles Pannell Jr. told the rapper he had more than exceeded the court’s expectations, and he hoped his case would inspire similar plea deals.

As a part of the plea deal T.I. (real name: Clifford Harris) struck last March, the year-and-a-day sentence was expected. The rapper is also required to complete 1,000 hours of community service before turning himself in, and another 500 hours after completing his sentence. He also must pay a $100,000 fine.

Tip is scheduled to report to prison voluntarily within the next six to eight weeks. However, the judge acknowledged that the rapper has agreed-upon commitments what will not allow him to enter prison before May 19.

T.I., in a charcoal-grey suit and matching black dress shirt and tie, delivered a sober speech to the judge. His 10-minute speech details his misguided youth, the death of his best friend Philant Johnson in 2006, and his desire to use his mistakes for a positive end.

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Chris Brown Will Hit You Again - Oprah Winfrey Warns

Since the release of reports that Rihanna and Chris Brown have reunited, this took place at P Diddy’s Beach House in Miami, as began to anger a lot of Rihanna’s female fans and industry insiders such as Oprah Winfrey and former Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein.

Oprah Winfrey: “If a man hits you once, he will hit you again. He will hit you again.”

She also went on to say that, she would dedicate a program about the situation on her next show - Domestic Violence.

“I want to do a show about it, dedicated to all the Rihannas of the world.”

The former Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein went as far as to compare the Chris Brown, Rihanna’s saga to O.J. Simpson’s case.

“Many of the circumstances in her case were like the early warning signs in the O.J. Simpson case,” Fairstein said.

She also mentioned the fact that Chris Brown choked Rihanna while saying, “Now I’m really going to kill you” is a particularly bad sign.

“Choking behavior is a very interesting factor. It’s hands on, face-to-face. It’s a very intimate type of violence,” she said.

Source: http://www.outaroad.com/2009/03/chris_brown_will_hit_you_again.html

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