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Calista241

(5,586 posts)
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 07:40 PM Oct 2018

The Latest: Prison sentence handed down to 'Suge' Knight

Source: AP

A judge has sentenced Marion “Suge” Knight to 28 years in prison nearly four years after the former rap mogul killed a man with his truck.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen handed down the sentence as expected Thursday for running over and killing businessman Terry Carter outside a Compton burger stand in 2015.

Members of Carter’s family addressed the court including daughter Crystal, who called Knight “a disgusting, selfish disgrace to the human species.”

Knight stared forward throughout.

Knight avoided a murder trial that was about to begin when he agreed two weeks ago to plead no contest to voluntary manslaughter and accept the sentence.

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The Latest: Prison sentence handed down to 'Suge' Knight (Original Post) Calista241 Oct 2018 OP
Probably life. JohnnyRingo Oct 2018 #1
He's a killer. Killers need to be removed from society. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2018 #2

JohnnyRingo

(18,634 posts)
1. Probably life.
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 07:57 PM
Oct 2018

He has less chance than a fart in a windstorm at a parole hearing and I'm sure he'll continue his ways behind bars. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. haha

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