| Rakim
Brown Pled
Guilty Now 150
Months After
Judge Asks of
Revenge
Shooting For
Brother
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURT ROOM
EXCLUSIVE, Nov 7 –
Rakim
Brown was
detained
awaiting trial
on drug and
gun charges.
Then he
pleaded
guilty.
On
February 8, 2021 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Sidney H. Stein held a
proceeding about Brown's
access to discovery. Inner
City Press covered it.
On
November 7,
2022 he was
sentenced to
150 months
imprisonment,
with a
facility as
near as
possible to
Decatur,
Georgia
recommended.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted,
thread here:
OK-
now at a
sentencing for
a 27 year old
defendant /
shooter with
28 grams of
crack, who
faces
mandatory 10
years on top
of 63 to 78
months for
narcotics
conspiracy.
The latter,
judge just
said, will be
varied down
due to
conditions in
MDC jail.
Defense
lawyer: He's
had COVID
three times
while
incarcerated
in the MDC..
Judge:
Is he
vaccinated?
Defense
lawyer: No. He
doesn't trust
the MDC. And
he only has
one kidney.
Assistant
US Attorney:
He perjured
himself,
sitting right
next to you.
He has no
remorse for
the shooting.
He coordinated
the beating
and shooting
of the
girlfriend of
the man he
believed shot
his brother.
Defense:
We believe the
officers
perjured
themselves.
Defendant:
There are
things I can't
take back.
I've thought
about them in
my cell. I was
young and
still trying
to find my
way. Judge:
But you lied,
just a few
months ago.
Defendant: The
police turned
everything
around. Judge:
I was here.
But you lied.
Defendant:
I have a 4
year old son.
I've barely
seen
him.
Judge: Take a
moment.
Defendant: In
jail, I've
been learning
about stocks.
My brother's
in a
wheelchair.
[He's here in
the courtroom]
Defendant:
In a better
environment,
I'll do the
right thing.
[He asks for
prison near
Decatur, GA]
Judge: I
sentence you
to 10 years,
plus 30 months
on Count 1, so
150 months
[minus 40
months already
served. So, 9
years & 2
months more:
2032 or 2033.
After
the
sentencing,
Brown asked to
be able
to touch his
son. But contact visits
are not
allowed, he
was told, in
the courtroom.
Perhaps in the
facility once he
is
designated.
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