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Rapper G. Dep Granted Clemency by New York Governor for 1993 Shooting
Billboard ^ | 12/23/2023

Posted on 12/24/2023 7:33:01 PM PST by nickcarraway

In 2010, he admitted to committing a nearly two-decade-old cold case murder.

Rapper Travell “G. Dep” Coleman, who walked into a New York police precinct in 2010 and admitted to committing a nearly two-decade-old cold case murder to clear his conscience, has been granted clemency by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Now 49, Coleman has served 13 of a 15-year-to-life sentence. With his sentence being commuted by the Democratic governor, he will now be allowed to seek parole earlier than his original 2025 date.

Coleman is one of 16 individuals granted clemency by Hochul in an announcement made Friday (Dec. 22). They include 12 pardons and four commutations. It marked the third time Hochul has granted clemency in 2023. “Through the clemency process, it is my solemn responsibility as governor to recognize the efforts individuals have made to improve their lives and show that redemption is possible,” Hochul said in a written statement.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: crime; kathyhochul; newyork; rap; trump

1 posted on 12/24/2023 7:33:01 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Oh good

More Democrat thugs on the streets


2 posted on 12/24/2023 7:41:17 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

“[his sentence was] commuted...he will now be allowed to seek parole earlier than his original 2025 date”

Huh??? Getting a commutation only lets you seek earlier parole? I thought that was a Get Out Of Jail Free award.


3 posted on 12/24/2023 7:41:24 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: SaveFerris
She's trying to copy Trump, who let out some rappers.

I don't think this rapper is famous, though.

4 posted on 12/24/2023 8:03:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

She and the Louisiana governor are on a roll.


5 posted on 12/24/2023 8:09:47 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: nickcarraway

Well he served 13 out of 15 years. It’s not like he did it and then no time but yeah, the man dead is still dead.


6 posted on 12/24/2023 8:17:16 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

A commutation of sentence reduces the length of an incarcerated person’s term of imprisonment. The Governor may commute a sentence in any way that she considers appropriate. For example, a commutation may reduce a sentence to allow an incarcerated person to be released immediately or on a specific date in the future. A commutation may also allow an incarcerated person to become eligible for parole at an earlier date.

https://www.ny.gov/services/apply-clemency#:~:text=A%20commutation%20of%20sentence%20reduces,specific%20date%20in%20the%20future.


7 posted on 12/24/2023 8:25:08 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: nickcarraway

His new rap....

I got me some soul
I’m now on a roll
toward a big time parole
cause Hochul took a poll
that she’s in a hole
cuz us blacks take a toll
on her political goal.


8 posted on 12/24/2023 8:58:33 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: Steven Scharf

Thank you for that explanation about commutation. I always (mistakenly) understood it to mean “You are free to go.”


9 posted on 12/24/2023 9:04:30 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: nickcarraway

10 posted on 12/24/2023 9:56:07 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: nickcarraway

so wonderful hochus feels good about releasing these pukes into society, this would have never happened if the victims were in her family, puke


11 posted on 12/25/2023 2:50:42 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Not SHOOTING.

MURDER.


12 posted on 12/25/2023 6:08:50 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: Chickensoup

Isn’t it awful how brainwashers call murders “shootings”? The shooter did this. The shooter did that. Guns are evil. Guns are evil.


13 posted on 12/25/2023 6:57:18 AM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: nickcarraway

MURDER GETS ONLY A 15 YEAR SENTENCE???????


14 posted on 12/25/2023 8:14:20 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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