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The prison sentence of 28 years limits the prolonged fall of & # 039; Suge & # 039; gentleman
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Marion "Suge" Knight was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for cutting the lawn and killing a Compton businessman in a case that completed the fall of the former rap music mogul of his heyday as one of the biggest names and dreaded of the music industry. .
Knight, 53, will now probably live most, if not the rest, of his life in a California prison. On Thursday he showed no emotion in court, as the relatives of Terry Carter, the man he killed, described his loved one as a devout and peace loving family man.
Carter was killed after Knight and one of his lifelong rivals, Cle "Bone" Sloan, started fighting in front of a Compton burger stand in January 2015. Knight was upset by his performance on a N.W.A. biopic, "Straight Outta Compton", in which Sloan was a consultant. Knight cut Sloan with his truck, seriously injuring him, before going through the parking lot, running over Carter and running away.
While Carter's relatives said they expected Knight's long sentence to bring them peace, many did not have kind words for the co-founder of Death Row Records, whom they criticized for showing a total lack of remorse.
Crystal, the daughter of Carter, described Knight as a "little bully", "career criminal" and "a disgusting and selfish shame for the human species.
"I ask you to condemn this unrepentant, ruthless, cold and insensitive threat to society up to a maximum of 28 years," he told a judge.
Prior to Thursday's hearing, Knight had already accepted his long prison sentence on the grounds that he would not contest a voluntary homicide and avoid a murder trial and attempted murder that could have resulted in a life sentence if convicted. The sentence ended with a nearly four-year judicial saga that included frequent outbursts by Knight, 53, who also collapsed in court during an appearance and shuffled his defense team 16 times.
Between the law's restrictions on three attacks and the time Knight has already served, he will probably spend about 20 years in prison before being eligible for parole.
Knight, Dr. Dre and rapper D.O.C. he founded Death Row Records immediately after the breakup of N.W.A. The label's records, which include Dre's first solo album "The Chronic" and Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle" debut, are considered classics of the genre that defined an era.
Tupac Shakur became the label's star artist later in the 90s before he was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996, while traveling in a car driven by Knight.
The death of Shakur caused the decline of the label, which led to decades of decline for Knight himself.
Many of his associates and rap rivals of the era like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Sean "Diddy Combs" became actors, entrepreneurs and media personalities who are now able to do things like parties Hostess in the Hamptons and co-host of a cooking show with Martha Stewart.
Knight went in the opposite direction, losing to Death Row after he filed for bankruptcy in 2006, serving a prison sentence, and having a special ability to be close to the violence that finally hit him.
Nearly two dozen of Carter's relatives filled the room on Thursday.
Carter's daughter, Nekaya Carter, said she hopes the end of the court saga can bring her some peace.
"I wanted justice for my father and now we finally have it, more or less," he said. Then he went directly to Knight despite the judge's instructions not to do so. "My father can finally rest in peace while you live the rest of your life in prison."
His sister, Jessica Carter, told the Los Angeles Superior Court Ronald Coen: "He was much more than the person the defendant killed with his truck."
There have been discussions about why Carter had been on the scene, but his family said he often acted as a community mediator and peacemaker.
"This was not a cat that did not go after anyone," Damu Visha, Carter's brother-in-law, told the court. "He helped people."
The death was captured in a surveillance video, and the family members described their anguish at having to watch it repeatedly, and they berated the media for showing it so often.
Coen seemed moved by the family's words and offered his own condolences.
"If nobody else has said it, Coen said," let me tell you that my heart is with you. "
Most members of the victim's family spoke of the need to forgive Knight for his own peace of mind.
"I hope and pray that we will find forgiveness," said Terry Carter's cousin, Patricia Hawkins. "But it will not be today."
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