"The Wire Creator Pleads for Leniency in Michael K. Williams' Death Case"

The co-creator of The Wire, David Simon, has written a letter to a judge requesting leniency for Carlos Macci, one of four men charged in the drug death of actor Michael K Williams. Williams died of an overdose in 2021, and Macci pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute narcotics. Simon argued that incarcerating a 71-year-old man with a history of addiction and no ambitions of success and profit in drug sales would serve no purpose. Macci's lawyer is seeking a sentence of time served, and the court's probation office has recommended 10 years in prison.