After serving eight-and-a-half years of a 10 year sentence, finally it has been released when rapper and former Bad Boy Shyne will be released. According to HipHopDX, Shyne is patiently awaiting his release from the New York State Department of Correctional Services.
For those who have been in the dark; Shyne was arrested and sentenced for his role in the infamous Club New York shooting that took place on December 27, 1999. The parole board has confirmed that Shyne’s release date is set for October 6, 2009 and a hearing is set for August 4, 2009. That hearing will determine the details of Shyne’s parole, including whether or not he will be able to resume his career as a recording artist without restrictions. This is what Shyne’s attorney Oscar Michelen had to say:
“What happened was when they sentenced him [in March of 2001 to ten years] they didn’t sentence him to any parole – post release supervision, which was mandatory. So the Correction Department has asked the court to re-sentence him – under the law they can do that,” explained Shyne’s attorney, Oscar Michelen, to HipHopDX. “And so the judge will decide whether to give him the maximum parole, which is five years, or the minimum parole, which is two-and-a-half years. Shyne will automatically have to do at least a year-and-a-half, which is how much of [the] 10 year [sentence remains]… [Shyne] still owes the balance to the 10. But, [the district attorney] also [has] been looking to add to that [time] as well…”
“The same D.A. [from 2001] is on the case,” continued Michelen, “that’s Matt Bogdanos. He’s in Iraq… And, it’s being handled by the D.A. who’s in charge of all post-release supervision. When they enacted mandatory sentencing, determinate sentencing, they said that you also had to have mandatory parole. Most judges just assumed that parole would be added automatically. They didn’t realize that they had to actually sentence the person to it. So now a new law was passed that allows the Correction Department to address that by asking the judge to re-sentence the inmate…”
Honorable Judge Charles Solomon, who is the same person to give Shyne his 10-year sentence, will reside over this re-sentencing. Once his parole is actually determined, it is said that Shyne will return to Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, New York, until his term is complete.
I hope the judge takes it easy on Shyne this time. He was playing NO games when he set that original sentence.
“[We’re] trying to say [to the judge] ‘Enough is enough. Five years [post release supervision] is overly harsh and unnecessary,’” Michelen explained. “What I said in court on the 21st and I’ll say again [tomorrow] is the court needs to take into consideration how a person needs to make a living. And that punishing someone to five years post release supervision hampers people differently [based on] the way they’re going to make money…"
If that is the case, his career would not be able to excel because he would have to get approval for every move and most likely wouldn’t even be able to leave the state of New York. Which means frankly no touring. So for his sake, I hope that judge does take it easy. And please Shyne, stay away from night clubs, especially if you are with Diddy!
"GOOD LUCK BRUH!"
