If convicted on the RICO charge, the defendants face prison sentences lasting anywhere from five to 20 years. But Thug and others also face separate charges over other specific crimes that, if proven, could add additional prison time to any eventual sentence....
Before the YSL RICO case took hold,Young Thugwas arrested at his home on an outstanding warrant on July 15, 2015. During the time of his arrest, his home was also raided, with officers discovering drugs and guns on the premises. He was charged the following day on various felony drug an...
The two remaining defendants in the YSL trial were found not guilty of RICO charges. Here, we break down the verdict — and what’s to come — with an Atlanta defense attorney. ‘The jury probably resented being there.’
Starting on Monday (Nov. 27),opening statements will begin in the YSL racketeering trial of Young Thug in Atlanta.Thugger, born Jeffery Lamar Williams, is charged with violating Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and gang laws, among other things. The embattled ...
Numerous other defendants were severed from the case, and in September Cordarius Dorsey had his RICO charges dropped after being convicted of murder (in separate cases) for the second time in less than a year. In July, Jimmy “PeeWee Roscoe” Winfrey was arrested in Las Vegas after being...
Known for her broad use of RICO charges to prosecute allegedly gang-affiliated individuals to the fullest extent of the law, the district attorney played a different tune when she ran her private practice, Mondo remembered. Willis represented him in 2019 in an aggravated-assault case, in which...
6ix9ine’s lyrics were introduced in court during his trial for gang-related charges. The practice of using rap lyrics as evidence doesn’t always lead to convictions; Boosie and Drakeo the Ruler were both acquitted. But regardless of whether the charges are true, critics say that the ...