ATLANTA, Ga. – This week marked the ninth month of jury choice in Fulton County’s large organized crime trial of rapper Younger Thug and several other different defendants.
Jury choice started Jan. 4 within the trial of Jeffery Williams (Younger Thug’s actual title). Particular person juror questioning lastly bought underway in late July within the nationally watched trial.
Fulton County Superior Court docket Choose Ural Glanville, who’s overseeing the trial, has known as virtually 1,000 potential jurorssince January. A number of media shops, together with Sizzling New Hip Hop, are reporting greater than 30 jurors have certified, however not a single juror has but been sat for the trial, which may final for a 12 months.
Right here’s what’s occurred on the planet since Younger Thug’s jury choice started:
Williams is on trial in Fulton County in a large RICO case involving himself and eight different defendants. Prosecutors allege Williams and his co-defendants are members of the Younger Slime Life (YSL) gang, whereas protection attorneys argue YSL is solely the title of a document label, Younger Stoner Life.
The jury choice has already lasted longer than another trial in Georgia historical past, and has been repeatedly affected by arrests, fees, and disruptions. The trial itself may final for greater than a 12 months. Georgia’s longest jury choice and its longest trial each got here within the Atlanta Public Faculties trainer scandal of 2014-15.
Younger Thug is dealing with eight felony counts beneath a federal regulation that was initially enacted to struggle organized crime. Georgia is one among 33 states that has its personal RICO regulation, however within the Peach State, the alleged felony enterprises would not have to have existed so long as the federal regulation.
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