on all the major felony drug and gun trafficking charges against him, convicting him on lesser, misdemeanor charges; he was released from federal prison in July 2009. This process was reported by the Knoxville News-Sentinel. Redd appealed against the lesser charges he had been found guilty of, but in October 2010 the appeal failed. Imprisonment Redd was sentenced to imprisonment at Cumberland Federal Correctional Institution. He fired his court-appointed public defender and represented himself pro se before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; the court overturned his conviction in 2007. In April 2008, Redd was re-tried by federal prosecutors on six charges, stemming from a prosecutorial superseding indictment, including felony gun and drug conspiracy. Redd was acquitted by a jury in Tennessee District Court at Chattanooga on all of the major firearm and drug charges, effectively avoiding a possible 42-year mandatory minimum sentence. Controversy Many believe Police Citizens for Police Review's Camcorder Troopers, and Redd's continued and public demands for improved police accountability and criticism of political leaders, provoked anger among Knoxville's law enforcement community and elected leaders. In July 2009, Redd returned to Washington, D.C. and took up social commentary, digital media production and advocacy regarding ex-offenders, affordable housing and a variety of other issues. Songwriter and socio-political commentator For over 35 years Redd has written social change hip-hop, R&B/Funk, spoken-word, secular and Christian religious songs. As leader of the band Reddex from 1986 to 1993, he recorded and performed in small live venues in the Washington, D.C. area, followed by a short stint in Knoxville during the early 1990s. Years later, Redd formed 'Perry Redd and the S7 Band' in 2000 Redd began writing social change compositions. In 1996, he founded Redd Media (formerly, Redd Music, Inc.), a recording and production studio. Redd has written more than 3,000 compositions, including over 100 collaborations with singers, songwriters, poets, and musicians. Fifteen full-length albums, "The Activist" (2000, the re-mastered re-release in 2020), "Runaway Slave" (2002), "Unauthorized Authorized" (2003), "Nu Style Activist" (2004), along with his first music video, "One Voice" (2004), Redd's list of digital music releases include, "Trial by Fire" (2010), "Strange Revolution" (2012), a skeptical critique of the Arab Spring. In July 2013 Redd released "Run", a social commentary of America's rampant racism. Redd is among the few American singer/songwriters to produce and twice release three full-length CD/Digital Media projects in a single calendar year, releasing Never Been