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The YSL RICO Case May Actually See Normalcy This Time

Hopes are tempered, but high!

By Chris Williams on July 19, 2024 4:46 pm

Metric_clockSecret ex-partes with witnesses aside, Judge Glanville didn’t have a reputation for running the tightest ship. Tardiness became so regular that it was a bit of a meme:

It looks like things will play out differently in Judge Whitaker’s court:

Here are some of the expected changes to the docket:

Three cheers for punctuality! Shame about the wardrobe limitations, though. Guess we missed out on the opportunity to see Thugger bring the “Jeffrey” outfit to the stand:

Small price to pay for due process. And while the change-up in judges has garnered the most attention, we’ll see a pretty big change in the prosecutorial lineup if Brian Steel gets his way:

Judge Whitaker is off to a great start!

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.