DIFFERENT CITIES OFFERING BIG
DEALS ON CERTAIN ITEMS.
THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
ONE WEEK AFTER BEING
RELEASED FROM JAIL RAPPER MEEK
MILL IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT
CALLING FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM.
JOE HOLDEN IS LIVE IN CENTER
CITY WHERE THE CALL TO ACTION
IS FEATURING SOME OTHER
PROMINENT VOICES IN THE
POLITICAL AND ENTERTAINMENT
COMMUNITIES.
JOE.
Reporter: JIM, GOOD
AFTERNOON.
IT WAS MEEK MILL, IT WAS THE
OWNER OF THE SIXERS MICHAEL
REUBEN, IT WAS GOVERNOR TOM
WOLF AND A DELEGATION OF
PENNSYLVANIA LAWMAKERS CALLING
ABOUT THIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM.
NOW, MEEK MILL WOULD NOT TAKE
QUESTIONS ON HIS CASE
SPECIFICALLY BUT HE IS USING
HIS EXPERIENCE TO TALK ABOUT
THIS REFORM, LEGISLATION
PACKAGE THAT THE GOVERNOR IS
HOPING IS PASSED BY LEADERS IN
HARRISBURG.
MEEK MILL AS YOU WILL RECALL
SPENT NEARLY SIX MONTHS IN
PRISON ON THE ORDER OF
PHILADELPHIA JUDGE DENISE
BRINKLEY ON THE GROUNDS OF
TECHNICAL PROBATION VIOLATION.
THAT SPARKED OUTRAGE FOR
MONTHS AND LED TO SOME OF THE
HIGHEST ELECTED LEADERS IN THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
TO CALL FOR HIS IMMEDIATE
RELEASE ON BAIL.
THE SUPREME COURT EVENTUALLY
STEPPED IN EXECUTING A RARELY
USED INTERVENTION POWER TO
ORDER THAT MEEK MILL BE
RELEASED FROM PRISON.
NOW, HE DID TAKE LIMITED
QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ROLE IN
ALL OF THIS.
GO AHEAD AND HAVE A LISTEN.
IT WAS A TRAUMATIC
EXPERIENCES AND I'M HAPPY TO
BE BACK AND BE PART OF WHAT I
CALL HISTORY BECAUSE I KNOW
IT'S A LOT OF VOICELESS MEN
AND PEOPLE I PERSONALLY KNOW
FROM BEING IN PRISON SITTING
NEXT TO THEM EVERY DAY WHO ARE
DEPENDING ON ME AND I FEEL
LIKE GOD HAS GIVEN ME A GREAT
PLATFORM TO HELP MANY OTHERS
AND MAKE PHILADELPHIA,
PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE WORLD A
BETTER PLACE.
Reporter: NOW, WE WERE IN
THE COURTROOM THE DAY THAT THE
JUDGE FOUND MEEK MILL HAD
COMMITTED TECHNICAL PROBATION
VIOLATIONS.
I ASKED HIM SPECIFICALLY WHAT
ABOUT HIS UNIQUE SITUATION
COULD BE CHANGED IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
HE'S NOT ADDRESSING HIS CASE,
THOUGH THE GOVERNOR HAS
INCLUDED IN THIS LEGISLATION A
CAP ON PROBATION.
I WILL SEE YOU STARTING ON
"EYEWITNESS NEWS" AT 5:00 FOR
THE LATEST ON THIS STORY.
FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE INSIDE
THIS NATIONAL CONSTITUTION
CENTER, I'M JOE HOLDEN, CBS3
