Inside Diddy’s Sentencing | Former SDNY Probation Officer Explains Celebrity Sentencing
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What does the former federal probation officer reveal about Diddy's conviction and the conditions at the MDC?
I was a federal probation officer in the Southern District of New York where Diddy was just convicted. He's convicted in the end of the two lowest counts. These hold a maximum of 10 years in prison. Where we're at with Diddy though is, and this is what the public hasn't heard, I was a federal probation officer in the Southern District of New York. This is the very same court now where Diddy was just convicted.
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couple things that are interesting is that he's been staying at the MDC, so Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. I don't know if you or your audience has heard of it, but it's one of the worst in the nation. It's so bad, it's almost like condemned. the numbers of people that are overcrowded, the lack of medical attention. There have been a number of judges that I'm sure on the record have ordered reforms immediately to this place. And so people who are there are actually given more consideration in terms of speeding up their sentencing or even getting released earlier because the conditions are that notoriously bad. I used to go in and out of that jail all the time. I can tell you that it is bad.
I didn't have very pleasant exchanges with the correctional officers there. In general, I found some of them to be disgruntled, you might say. As government workers, I can relate, but I'm almost like, come on. We're
on the same team here. Give me a
break. You're holding me up for this. You're holding me up for that. So it kind of felt like that. But that's where he is now. He's awaiting sentencing. His sentencing is happening, I think, a couple months from now. But they might speed it up because of the conditions. I mean, his defense attorney, that's what they're going to be going for. Like, let's get this done. Now, he's been in about 10 months. Everyone's going like this. The news is talking about he's facing 10 years on two counts. So at trial, Diddy is tried for RICO, which is racketeering. That's huge. He's tried for two counts of sex trafficking, also huge, facing big numbers there. And then two counts of transportation of a person to engage in prostitution.
Right.
He's convicted in the end of the two lowest counts, which is transportation for prostitution. These hold a maximum of 10 years in prison. That doesn't mean he's getting 10 years and everyone in the news is going 10 years. And on both counts, it's 20 years.
Yeah. But that's like but that's like if your criminal history is off the chart or you've been doing it for 20 years or it's overwhelming evidence, you know.
But the ordinary person, the average person who hasn't been in the system doesn't really know that. So what they're getting is, oh, he could do it 20 years. Right. When the reality is now you step back and look at the sentencing guidelines because that's really what's going to dictate. Now, the sentencing guidelines in 2006 became advisory, meaning they're not mandatory. But I can tell you in the Southern District of New York, a lot of judges still go with the sentencing guidelines.
Yeah, I think almost always. I mean, even now when we talk to guys all the time, they almost always go with It's a decent range, typically. If it's... if it's appropriately calculated, it's a decent range.
Where we're at with Diddy, though, is, and this is what the public hasn't heard, his guidelines, so his defense attorney is arguing, or defense attorneys are arguing, that he becomes, see, I think offense level maybe of 16, a criminal history category of one. He doesn't have criminal history. He has some arrests. I mean, I think he might have criminal history, but nothing on the book. So he's in the lowest category. 16 and one, I think those are the numbers. puts him at about 21 to 31 months. Right. That's less than two years.
Right.
The prosecution is saying, oh my gosh, wait, wait, wait, that's wrong. So these enhancements...
It's not wrong. You overreached. You know what I'm saying? Well... You didn't prove your case. Right.
Well, but they're saying that the calculations are wrong because the defense is obviously going to go with the lowest range.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does the former federal probation officer reveal about Diddy's conviction and the conditions at the MDC?
0:00–7:35
2
How do sentencing guidelines and enhancements affect the likely length of Diddy's prison term?
7:35–18:22
3
Why does the media narrative about Diddy's case differ from the legal reality?
18:22–20:01
4
What are the broader questions of justice, jury decisions, and future consequences for Diddy?
20:01–57:58
5
How did a personal tragedy lead the guest into a life of fraud?
57:58–1:06:49
6
What are the federal sentencing guidelines and how do they affect a case like Diddy's?
1:06:49–1:19:37
7
Why did the former probation officer leave federal service to become a professor and researcher?
1:19:37–1:31:34
8
How does the Women in Crime podcast choose and investigate its cases?
1:31:34–1:51:33
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