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Federal prosecutors are full steam ahead to lock up Diddy ... asking a judge to sentence him to more than 11 years in prison following his conviction on prostitution-related charges.

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00:00Tick-tock, tick-tock, the clock is ticking on Diddy, because on Friday he finds out what his sentence is going to be,

00:07but today he found out what prosecutors would like that sentence to be,

00:12and it is vastly different from what his attorneys have suggested to the judge.

00:17Prosecutors want him to do 11 years, just over 11 years, 11 years and 3 months,

00:23is what they have recommended to the judge for his conviction on the two counts of the Mann Act.

00:30Remember, Diddy has basically said he should be on supervised release for about a year, and time served of a year.

00:42So maybe the judge is going to give him more than time served.

00:46We should say that the maximum he could get is 20 years.

00:50And that's what I want to get into for a minute, because this is some racist you-know-what, this Mann Act.

00:57The Mann Act was passed during Reconstruction, so black men would not date white women,

01:05and that's why they made taking somebody across state lines and giving them money,

01:10not just a federal felony, but 20 years in prison.

01:14Well, 10 years, 10 years for a count.

01:16Right, but he would get 20 years.

01:19The idea of, you know, again, think about somebody gets on a plane with a woman,

01:26takes her to Vegas, and pays her for sex, takes her back.

01:29You're going to give this guy 20 years?

01:31This is a racist law.

01:33And look, Diddy, Diddy, hold on.

01:36When it was invented, you're right.

01:38When this law came out, it absolutely was.

01:41And it was only used to, early on, to convince black men who are correct.

01:44I just want to make one other point, and then I know you disagree with this.

01:49Look, he's been a terrible person.

01:51I mean, what he did to Cassie in 2016 is unspeakable.

01:55He is awful for what he did.

01:57But you have to look at what he was convicted of.

02:00He was convicted of the Mann Act.

02:01He was acquitted of all the force, fraud, and coercion and racketeering.

02:06The jury acquitted him.

02:08The prosecutors laid out the case.

02:10The jury didn't buy it.

02:11So to sentence him as if this is about force, fraud, and coercion,

02:17to me, it undermines what the jury did.

02:20And, you know, give him, you know, come out with a recommendation of four years.

02:24But 11 years?

02:26I think there's a couple things here.

02:27Number one, to say the Mann Act is a racist law.

02:29Yes, when it was enacted 100 years ago, it may have been.

02:33Or 130 years ago.

02:34Now it is not.

02:35And I have the stats to prove it.

02:37Oh, 14% of people convicted of the Mann Act are African-American,

02:40which is actually less than the population as a whole.

02:42So it is now applied in a race-neutral way.

02:43And I think it's important to say that in the context of Diddy,

02:45that he's not being targeted because he's a racist law.

02:48He's being targeted because of a race-neutral law.

02:50Okay, so let's say that we all acknowledge he violated.

02:52So let me ask you something.

02:53You can still argue that the sentence is due.

02:55If Diddy didn't go across state lines,

02:57and he was just prosecuted for prostitution.

03:00For solicitation.

03:02For solicitation of prostitution.

03:03Would it be a misdemeanor or a felony?

03:06Uh, I suppose it would be a felony.

03:09No, no, no, no, no.

03:10It's absolutely a misdemeanor.

03:11But there are prostitution charges that can't be,

03:13especially when violence is involved.

03:14Okay, but suppose your nose was a doorpost.

03:15That's not what happened.

03:17No, but hold on.

03:18That's not what happened.

03:19I know, but the difference is a plane ticket.

03:21The only difference is a plane ticket.

03:22And the difference is the law.

03:24And the law is a racist, antiquated, unracist, antiquated, yes.

03:29He just gave you the stats that it's not racist.

03:32It's a ridiculous...

03:33Would he have been prosecuted if it was just a Mann Act issue?

03:36No, he never would have been, but...

03:37But also, that's not what he was...

03:41You acknowledge, every prosecution, I would say 90% of them, have ancillary in the alternative

03:45causes of action that sometimes people are convicted under, and we still punish them

03:49for that.

03:49I know, but then the question is, what do you give them?

03:51And what I'm saying to you is, if this were a state crime, where you didn't cross state

03:56lines, it would 100% be a misdeme.

03:59You keep saying if, but it's not.

04:01The only difference, Charles, is a plane ticket.

04:04And are you going to give somebody...

04:05But that's the reality of what happened.

04:06You are not arguing what is, you're arguing what you think should be.

04:09No, I'm just...

04:09What is, is each conviction of the Mann Act carries 10 years in prison.

04:13A maximum.

04:14Maximum.

04:15Is this a crime that requires intent?

04:18Of course, every crime requires intent.

04:19Right, so if it requires intent, what's the difference if some guy is going to have sex

04:23with a prostitute from, in Los Angeles, and the prostitute's from L.A., or she's from

04:29Indiana and flies to L.A.?

04:30The worst thing that could have happened with Diddy is that he was prosecuted on state

04:33law crimes, because we know that he committed horrible acts of abuse.

04:36He should have been prosecuted for that.

04:37But he wasn't, but nevertheless, he was prosecuted.

04:39Because he paid someone off, by the way.

04:41Terrible.

04:42Yeah.

04:42Terrible.

04:43Horrible.

04:44I know.

04:44But this sentence should not be about that, I understand.

04:46The judge has a lot of leeway here.

04:47The judge can give him time served, all the way up to 10 years per count.

04:51But give him time.

04:52I'm not arguing that.

04:53I'm just saying, 11 years for this is ridiculous.

04:56You are getting so worked up about just the recommendation from the prosecutors.

05:01That doesn't mean this is what the judge is going to do.

05:03I know, but they're sore losers.

05:05You know that the judge doesn't want to save things.

05:07If they were sore losers, they should have said 20 years.

05:11I think they think he's a monster, and that he should get a lot of time.

05:14He may well be a monster.

05:15Right, and so if the law allows for 10 years per count, they're saying he's a monster given

05:20the 10 years per count, or given, in this case, five and a half years per count.

05:23Did you even get to make the point you wanted to make that this was OJ?

05:26I can't, because we're out of time.

05:28I'm Nina from Dallas, Texas.

05:30I feel as though Diddy is a monster.

05:32He deserves to serve at least two to five years.

05:36But I think to keep Cassie safe and the other victims, it needs to be done.

05:41Yeah, I mean, two to five years seems to be kind of a range here.

05:45So if the prosecutors had said five years, you would, your blood pressure would be much

05:49lower right now.

05:50Yeah.

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