 The co-creator of The Wire, David Simon, has asked that the dealer who was part of the crew that sold a lethal dose to actor Michael K Williams gets mercy. David was a close friend of Williams, who played drug-world gunman Omar Little in The Wire. He died in 2021 aged 54 from a drug overdose. It was found by the Medical Examiner that the star had died from acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine. Carlos Macci, 71, is one of four people who have been charged with supplying heroin laced with the opioid. They have all pleaded guilty. Maci submitted his guilty plea for agreeing to possess and distribute narcotics. Now, David has written a three-page letter to the judge – Ronnie Abrams of the Federal District Court – asking for leniency. David wrote that he is convinced Williams would have wanted him to write this letter due to his standpoint. Williams was an actor in The Wire (Picture: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ABA) 'What happened to Mike is a grievous tragedy,' Simon wrote according to the New York Times. 'But I know that Michael would look upon the undone and desolate life of Mr. Macci and know two things with certainty: First, that it was Michael who bears the fuller responsibility for what happened.' The second is 'no possible good can come from incarcerating a 71-year-old soul, largely illiterate, who has himself struggled with a lifetime of addiction.' They added that Macci didn't sell drugs for profit 'but rather as someone caught up in the diaspora of addiction himself.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Maci's lawyer Benjamin Zeman is asking for him to receive a sentence of time served, which would be nearly one and a half years as he's been in prison since February 2022. The court's probation office have recommended a 10 year sente){kind=link}
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The co-creator of The Wire, David Simon, has asked that the dealer who was part of the crew that sold a lethal dose to actor Michael K Williams gets mercy.
David was a close friend of Williams, who played drug-world gunman Omar Little in The Wire.
He died in 2021 aged 54 from a drug overdose. It was found by the Medical Examiner that the star had died from acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
Carlos Macci, 71, is one of four people who have been charged with supplying heroin laced with the opioid. They have all pleaded guilty. Maci submitted his guilty plea for agreeing to possess and distribute narcotics.