Rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight pleads no contest

21/9/2018 12:49

        Rap mogul Marion "Suge"
        Knight pleaded no contest in Los Angeles on Thursday to
        manslaughter, part of a plea agreement with prosecutors that
        calls for him to serve 28 years in prison.
        
        Knight, co-founder of influential hip-hop label Death Row
        Records, entered the plea ahead of his scheduled trial on murder
        charges stemming from accusations that he ran down two men with
        his pickup truck near a burger stand in the Los Angeles suburb
        of Compton on Jan. 29, 2015.
        
        Knight appeared in court to enter the plea wearing an orange
        jail jumpsuit. He spoke only to answer a series of questions
        from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald Cohen.
        
        The former music producer is scheduled to be sentenced in
        October and will be given a 28-year sentence under the term of
        his plea deal with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's
        Office.
        
        As part of the agreement the murder charges against Knight
        will be dismissed by prosecutors, along with separate criminal
        cases charging him with robbery and making criminal threats.