Pop + Politics » charles pannell http://www.popandpolitics.com Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:30:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 In The News: T.I. Sentenced http://www.popandpolitics.com/2009/03/27/in-the-news-ti-sentenced/ http://www.popandpolitics.com/2009/03/27/in-the-news-ti-sentenced/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:26:58 +0000 tricia romano http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=12123 T.I.
T.I.’s gotta to go the pokey. Thankfully for the rapper, it’s a relatively short ride—just a year and a day, starting May 19, for a 2007 felony weapons charge. He’s made the most of his situation—his plea deal included a completion of 1,500 hours of community service, a $100,00 fine— and has taken his community service public with the MTV “Road to Redemption.” He also made 262 public appearances, helping to whittle a possible 10-year sentence to a mere single year sentence.

The judge, Charles Pannell Jr. of Northern Georgia District Court, praised T.I. Writes Eonline,

“I think this has been a great experiment. I hope this experience can lead to other experiments so others won’t make the same mistake at all. I congratulate you.”

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