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March 27, 2008

T.I. pleads guilty...will serve 1 year...

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On Thursday afternoon (March 27), T.I. pleaded guilty to several federal weapons charges, as part of a plea deal that could send the rapper to prison for a year.

U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr. will first need to sign off on the plea bargain. When sentenced a year from now, the 27-year-old rapper (born Clifford Harris) could be ordered to perform 1,500 hours of community service, which he would serve by talking to youth groups across the U.S., and about 12 months behind bars.

In addition, T.I. could be sentenced to three years’ supervised release, including a year of home detention. He could also be ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.

According to the terms of the plea deal, T.I.‘s prison term could be increased or reduced, depending on his fulfillment of its terms. The deal says T.I.‘s message to the youth groups he’ll speak to should focus on the pitfalls of guns, gangs and drugs.


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