Judges Appear Open to Letting Diddy Out of Prison
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What is the current status of Sean Diddy Combs' prison sentence?
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Hey there, folks. It is Friday, April 10th, and we apparently are on standby for Sean Diddy Combs to walk out of prison. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. Robes, I have that right. He had an appeal hearing yesterday. They didn't give an immediate decision, but it could come at any moment. Robes, is this what is at stake? And did I overstate? We're standing by to see if this man walks out of jail.
Yes, because Diddy's attorneys asked for that very thing. They asked for his immediate release. They asked for his convictions to be overturned. And if the three-judge panel didn't want to go so far as to do that, they've at least asked for them to rule that his sentencing should be revisited because it was the harshest sentencing ever given to a... I guess, a client or a person facing similar charges with a similar criminal history.
And it's interesting. You said client because we're talking about prostitution. Yeah, I was. So you're looking for the word.
I was looking for the right word. It didn't come to me, but maybe it was very appropriate.
But the reason this has risen to the level robes, we're not just, oh, here's another appeal and some. Papers have been filed. It was an appeal. This was the official hearing, the big day he's been waiting on. And the arguments happened in court. Yes, that raises it to a level. But, Robes, it raises to another level because the reporting from the folks in the room were that these judges seem to really be listening to Diddy's argument.
Yes, so it's interesting. We're trying to read the tea leaves because obviously we don't have a ruling or a judgment yet from the judges, but we did get some of the questions they were asking and some of the responses they were looking for. And in some moments, it did feel or appear as though they were definitely considering significantly what Diddy's attorneys were arguing. And at one point, one of the judges actually asked the prosecution, was questioning the prosecution, and said, the Mann Act was just a sideshow. Now you want us to rely on all this acquitted conduct? That was very compelling.
So the center of what we're talking about here, folks, you remember the trial was last July, went eight weeks, explosive, very explosive and pretty graphic testimony throughout. He ultimately gets convicted of two of the five charges against him. He was acquitted of three charges that were most serious that could have resulted in him spending life in prison. He was convicted on two charges having to do with prostitution. Now, those two ends up with this, right? Robes, he gets four years in prison. So this is where we are. The argument now, that catches us up.
What arguments are being made by Diddy's attorneys for his release?
But they are saying, Robes, his attorneys, is that the two things he was convicted of, the judge is actually considering conduct in the thing the jury said he didn't do. This now is the center of the argument, and quite frankly, Rob, it sounds like both sides have an argument, and I'm not sure if it's clear if judges are legally allowed to do this or not.
I believe that that was the argument the prosecution was making. They were saying, yes, you can consider that, that that is something that judges are allowed to do. And so that is what they have argued. In fact, they said even if judge... A Subramanian made an error in his application and interpretation of the acquitted conduct guideline, which we don't think he did. But even if he did, they argued that that error would be harmless. So, you know, they said that and this is what their other argument, according to Combs and his attorneys, basically they were calling this is BS that the district court should have closed its eyes on. on how he carried out his Mann Act defenses and abused his victims. And they said he violently beat them, he threatened them, he lied to them, he plied them with drugs.
And they argued to this panel, to this appellate court, to do otherwise would have been unfair and unjust. And that Combs is wrong in his argument that those past acts shouldn't have been considered.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the current status of Sean Diddy Combs' prison sentence?
0:00–3:03
2
What arguments are being made by Diddy's attorneys for his release?
3:03–7:25
3
How did the judges react during the appeal hearing?
7:25–10:00
4
What were the main legal issues discussed regarding the Mann Act?
10:00–14:44
Speakers
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