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Prairie Gates

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2. No chance he gets 20 years on two Mann Act convictions
Wed Jul 2, 2025, 10:06 AM
Jul 2025

I hate this stupid journalism convention of taking the max sentence and then adding it consecutively to generate the highest possible number. It's so deceptive. Each of the Mann Act convictions can - in theory - get you 10 years, but that's with absolutely sky-high negatives on all sentencing criteria. It would be completely unheard of to sentence him consecutively for these. So, let's start with a max of 10 years, which is something that approximates reality. Now remove all the negative sentencing issues that would add months beyond the minimum. In reality, Sean Combs is probably facing 2-3 years in prison, of which he will have already served 10 months. There's a decent chance that he will be required to serve less than 16 additional months in prison, and will in reality only serve 13 months.

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