Birdman Brother Terrance 'Gangsta' Williams freed from life sentence; reasons seal

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New Orleans street figure Terrance 'Gangsta' Williams freed from life sentence; reasons sealed

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A notorious New Orleans street figure from the 1990's, locked up in federal prison for more than 20 years on a life sentence, walked free this month for reasons a judge has blocked from public view.

Terrance “Gangsta” Williams, the half-brother of Cash Money Records co-founders Bryan "Birdman" Williams and Ronald "Slim" Wiliams, was dealing heroin and plotting murders when an FBI wiretap ensnared him.

Williams, who is said to have helped bankroll the record label, belonged to a violent street crew called the “Hot Boys,” a name Cash Money later adopted for its breakout act starring Lil Wayne, Turk, Juvenile and Christopher “B.G.” Dorsey.

The hip-hop supergroup debuted in 1997. A year later, Terrance Williams pleaded guilty to engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and solicitation for murder.

He was caught plotting to kill a group of New York drug dealers in New Orleans to get paid for heroin they’d shipped by mail to an associate of Williams, court records show. The feds intercepted the package and listened as Williams hatched a murder plan. He got life plus 20 years.

But U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle resentenced him last month to 27½ years, records show. Williams was released on Jan. 3 at age 47, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Williams’ attorney, Townsend Myers, confirmed the reduced sentence but declined to comment. Attempts to reach Terrance Williams were unsuccessful. His mother said he remained in another state. Interim U.S. Attorney Duane Evans’ office declined to comment, citing Lemelle’s order sealing his reasons.

Though federal law directs judges to “state in open court the reasons for the imposition of a particular sentence,” judges often obscure a defendant’s cooperation and its benefits by sealing records, hearings and transcripts. Even the fact an inmate was resentenced is sometimes absent from the public docket.
 
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Wild...hopefully he can get to his bag this time without any set backs.
 

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Whaaaaaaattttt? Wow… Been reading about dude since he was in the FEDS magazine 20 years ago. I think BG may have called him a rat before in the past as well. They’re not letting folks out like this without ongoing cooperation. Baby himself may need to cut dude loose…
 

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Judge sealed everything:jbhmm:
Might be that he gave people up
Probably but I'm not sure who he could give up. The people who who were dealing back then are more than likely dead. Those heroin wars in the NO back in the late 80s to early 90s were no joke. Bodies were dropping hourly. You would think Birdman and Slim would say something though over social media or something...:patrice:
 

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Probably but I'm not sure who he could give up. The people who who were dealing back then are more than likely dead. Those heroin wars in the NO back in the late 80s to early 90s were no joke. Bodies were dropping hourly. You would think Birdman and Slim would say something though over social media or something...:patrice:
Murder has no Statute of Limitations and dudes be in the Feds still catching plays. Rayful Edmonds was setting dudes up from behind bars…
 

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Probably but I'm not sure who he could give up. The people who who were dealing back then are more than likely dead. Those heroin wars in the NO back in the late 80s to early 90s were no joke. Bodies were dropping hourly. You would think Birdman and Slim would say something though over social media or something...:patrice:
Might have pulled an Avon Barksdale :manny:
 
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