SEAN COMBS TO APPEAL 50-MONTH SENTENCE IN FEDERAL COURT, ARGUING FIRST AMENDMENT AND ACQUITTAL CLAIMS. (PHOTO).
Sean Combs to appeal 50-month sentence in federal court, arguing First Amendment and acquittal claims Nine months after being convicted in New York for transporting escorts across state lines for drug-fueled sex parties, Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to appear in a federal appeals court on Thursday to challenge his 50-month prison sentence. Acquitted last year of more serious charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, Combs argues that the judge overstepped by considering conduct for which the jury found him not guilty. His legal team contends the sentence is “unlawful, unconstitutional, and a perversion of justice,” claiming that his sexual activities were protected under the First Amendment as “typical amateur pornography.” Combs’ appeal also challenges the length of his sentence, which prosecutors say was appropriate given the violent treatment of his victims. After a two-month trial, the jury convicted him of two lesser counts of transportation to engage...
The operatives of Rapid Response Squad {RRS} of Lagos State Police Command,yesterday Monday,busted a 6-man syndicate which allegedly specialized in vandalising and stealing light-up Lagos cable wire,street lamps and light poles installed by the Ambode-led administration to illuminate the State.The suspects,Tunde Alaba,29, Saheed Ismail,27,Deji Afolorunso,26, Sunday Obasanmi,27,Jelili Abodunrin,32,and Taofeek Oyedele,28,were apprehended at about 2:30 am,under the bridge at CMS after destroying the streetlights powering the are and its environs.It was gathered that the RRS operatives who were patrolling the area,sighted them in the act of pulling down the street lamps,cables and poles,before mobilising more officers for their eventual arrest and mmovement to RRS Headquarters,Alausa.The suspects,who confessed to the crime during interrogation and revealed that they have been living under the bridge for about 4 years,have been transferred to the Lagos State Environmental Task Force for prosecution.Recall that Governor Ambode gave a recent directive that all patrol officers in the State must keep their eyes on all ongoing and completed State government projects because of increase in vandalisation and theft of armored cables powering the streets lights across the State.
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