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Lil Wayne (Finally) Sentenced To One Year In Prison
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Ben Yakas
Published Mar 8, 2010
Modified Mar 8, 2010
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After a series of bizarre delays, including dental surgery and a courthouse fire, rapper Lil Wayne was finally sentenced today to a year in Rikers. Lil Wayne was greeted by over a hundred fans outside Manhattan Supreme Court, reports the Times, where Judge Charles Solomon handed down the year-long jail sentence. Wayne pleaded guilty last October to felony gun charges for having a pistol on his tour bus in July 2007, and had faced up to seven years in jail if he had not made a plea deal. With good behavior, Wayne could be out of jail in eight months.
Defense lawyer Stacey Richman told reporters that Wayne would be housed in protective custody at Rikers, and is planning on continuing to work on music, as he is an "unstoppable musician." EW agrees with the assessment, and makes the daring prediction that the rapper's career won't be hurt by jail time. Wayne told MTV that he has filmed seven new videos in anticipation of today's sentencing. MTV also looks back over the month in Lil Wayne tweeting, including what is assumed to be his last tweet for awhile: "Law is mind without reason. I'll return."
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