(1 Nov 2024)
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Atlanta – 31 October 2024
1. Wide of courtroom, lead prosecutor Adriane Love addressing the judge
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffery Williams, also known as Young Thug, rapper:
"I hope that you allow me to go home today and, and just trust in me to just do the right thing and never see you again. Unless. Unless it’s at a, you know, bar in the future or something. Just, out of this type of situation, I promise you I won’t ever be in this type of situation again. I’m, I’m going away. I’ve learned from my mistakes. You know, I come from nothing and I’ve made something and I didn’t take full advantage of it. I’m sorry."
3. Wide of court, Judge reading the sentence
4. Various of Judge Paige Reese Whitaker reading sentence, UPSOUND (English) Judge Paige Reese Whitaker, Fulton County:
"So essentially the total sentence is 40 years to serve the first five years in prison, but commuted to the time that you have already served, followed by 15 years on probation. Followed then by the backloaded 20 years which can be served in custody and will be served in custody if you are not successful on your probation. If you are successful in completing your 15 years’ probation, that will be commuted to time served. Good luck to you and I’m going to have any, there better be no violations. But if there are any, you’re coming back to see me."
5. Wide of court room, zoom in to Williams
STORYLINE:
Rapper Young Thug pleaded guilty Thursday in Atlanta to gang, drug and gun charges and will be released from jail, though he could be put back behind bars if he violates the terms of his sentence.
The 33-year-old Grammy winning artist, whose given name is Jeffery Williams, entered his pleas without reaching a deal with prosecutors after negotiations between the two sides broke down, lead prosecutor Adriane Love said.
That left the sentence completely up to Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker.
Young Thug pleaded guilty to one gang charge, three drug charges and two gun charges. He also entered a no contest plea to another gang charge and a racketeering conspiracy charge, meaning that he decided not to contest those charges but can be punished for them as if he had pleaded guilty.
The judge imposed a sentence of 40 years with the first five to be served in prison but commuted to time served, followed by 15 years on probation.
If he successfully completes that probation without any violations, another 20 years will be commuted to time served.
But if he violates the conditions, he will have to serve those 20 years.
Young Thug must stay away from the metro Atlanta area for the first 10 years of his probation, except for weddings, funerals, graduations or serious illness of family members, the judge said.
But she also ordered him to return to the Atlanta area four times a year during his probation to make a live anti-gang, anti-gun violence presentation at a school or a community organization serving children. She said that can count toward the 100 hours of community service she ordered him to perform each year during probation.
Love had outlined for the judge the evidence she would have presented to prove Young Thug’s guilt, including some of his rap lyrics. She asked the judge to sentence him to 45 years, with 25 years in prison and the remaining 20 years on probation.
The rapper’s lead attorney Brian Steel said they “vehemently disagree” with many of the statements Love made and said it was “offensive” that the state is using Young Thug’s lyrics against him.
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