A judge has rejected a push for a new trial in a multimillion-dollar political conspiracy case against rapper Pras Michel of the Fugees. On Friday, U.S.
Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees, arrives at federal court April 3, 2023, in Washington. during closing arguments and other errors during the Washington D.C. trial didn’t amount to a serious miscarriage of justice.after a jury heard testimony from witnesses ranging from actor Leonardo DiCaprio to former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions . He faces up to 20 years in prison on the top charges. He is free ahead of sentencing, which has not yet been set.
The defense argued Michel got simply bad advice as he tried to support himself while reinventing himself in the world of politics. Michel got a new attorney who argued Kenner had made a series of mistakes, including using an “experimental” generative AI program that bungled closing arguments by misattributing a lyric from his client’s influential 1990s group.
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